"Good morning." "How far is the Sunset Strip?" "Eight, ten miles down the road." "You got any orange pop?" "In the machine." "We're on our butts, man." "You boys don't wanna hang around here." "All we want is a couple bottles of pop." "NOW!" "You want we should... break open the cash register and... get a dime?" "I don't want trouble." "Boots, why don't you go in the office and get a couple of bottles of pop and a pack of Viceroys and some Bobby Burns?" "He's got a calendar in there." "What day is it?" "It's a broad in a cowboy hat." "Scooby doo bi doo ba ba." "Sound like you're getting ready." "Boots, how come you never made it?" "When I was your age, I sold fiber doormats." "One afternoon, I went through a whole trailer camp." "I told you." "You promised your mother." "I'm saving myself for when I get married." "You're saving yourself when you meet a rich daddy." "You don't talk to me like that, Duke." "You're gonna cut me up, Bootsy?" "I've been ready to make it ever since you took that redhead away from me up there in that Orange Grove." "I could've scored, but you got to grab her for yourself, don't you?" "You want one?" "You gonna fix me up?" "I'll fix you up." "So, fix me up." "Fill it up." "Right away." "What year is that, sir?" "Oh, it's a '54" "Skylark." "Custom job, they only turned out a couple of hundred." "People hung out to them." "They were too good." "How's she ride?" "Oh, like whip cream." "You're not heading into LA, are you?" "Yeah, I'm going into Beverly Wilshire Hotel." "Kidding?" "Hey, how's the chances of us getting a lift?" "We ride part way to see how she takes the curves?" "You know these guys?" "It's all right." "Well, all right." "But button up your shirt." "There's no harm in trying to look neat." "Okay, kid." "Get in and button up your shirt." "No harm in trying to look neat." "Well, let me introduce ourselves." "My name is Arthur Morgan." "How do you do?" "Buddy here, is Leon Davis." "Oh, I..." "I'm Ed Hogate," "Sacramento Appliance Company." "Yeah, sales manager." "Oh, I'll sign for that." "I never carry any cash on my person." "Is there a sign along here for Ventura, for the turnoff?" "What's that, ma'am?" "Am I above or below the Ventura turnoff?" "Above it, lady." "Well, I didn't see any sign." "You'll find signs down the road." "You like that?" "Are you kidding?" "You said you was ready to make it." "Oh, come on." "I said I'd get you one." "You're out of your mind." "That one." "And now, just a minute." "That type of lady wouldn't give you the time of clay." "Now, let me give you a tip." "Things are divided into groups, separated like birds, animals, reptiles." "You don't breed a bird with a snake." "It just can't happen." "It's exactly the same with people." "You can't mix the groups." "Thank you." "Follow her, Ed." "Oh, forget it." "Come on." "Follow her." "Well, it's the end of the line." "Pardon me?" "Oh, I'll turn right here down to Wilshire Boulevard." "Oh, Ed." "You can go on a couple more miles." "No, I've got a sales meeting this afternoon." "Well, let's go, Ed." "Look, I've got to pick up my reservations at the hotel." "Leon doesn't wanna get out here." "Do you, Leon?" "NO." "See?" "Leon wants to go on after the white Corvette." "Oh, come on, fellas, let's call it off." "Oh." "Now, you miss the light." "Hey, do you want me to call a cop?" "NO." "No, Ed, you don't wanna call a cop." "You know why?" "Because the boy next to you has got a knife and he's ready to cut out your gallbladder." "Show him the knife, Leon." "Now, I also got a knife, Ed." "But I'm not going to show you mine." "I'm just going to shove it ten inches into your belly and split you wide open like a dead sheep." "And you'll sit there in your guts while we drive your stinking Skylark up into the hills and dump you over some cliff." "Now, put your foot down on the gas pedal, Ed." "Take out after the pink twitch in the white Corvette." "Move it." "Ed, I wanna thank you for the lift." "And... may I suggest something, Ed?" "That you didn't hear anything and you didn't see anything." "There's no skin off your nose, Ed." "You've got your business meeting, so you won't say anything, will you?" "NO." "Gee, I hope not, Ed." "So long." "I hope he makes it over the hill." "You think he'll keep quiet?" "Oh, sure." "He knows, man." "He's got the situation divided up into groups." "Now let's see." "There's a house on top." "One halfway down and these two close together." "So, this is where the white Corvette lives." "You wanna go in?" "Call the fuzz." "Fuzz takes half hour, man." "Uh-hmm." "You need all the time it takes." "And I said I'd fix you up, but she's gonna want it, too." "Force is very hard to make, take my word for it." "Not the first time out." "It's like... work." "It's padlocked." "Rusty." "But there's light on upstairs." "It's broad daylight." "This joint is empty." "No, man, what about that light?" "Well that's to scare the burglars away." "No rugs, no furniture." "Take a look around the back." "Man!" "We got the whole city." "Hey, take a look at this." "She's got a pool." "How can you tell?" "I can smell it." "Move over." "Dip in your little toe." "She's gonna take a swim?" "Naked?" "Why not?" "This place is empty." "Nobody can see her from on top of the hill." "No houses, no neighbors, nobody here, but us mothers." "I'll pass right out." "And those two windows look right down on her." "Hurry up, man." "She'll be in and out." "Take it easy, all the time." "Hey, go." "Did you hear that?" "Man, she's in buck naked." "Oh, hurry." "Come on." "Is she?" "Can you see?" "She's kicking her stupid feet." "Well, quit kicking your stupid feet you twitch idiot." "She's got on a blue bathing cap." "And that's all, daddy." "Yes?" "Oh, hi." "I wonder if you can help me out." "I'm looking for the Hitchcock residence." "Well, there's no one by that name up here." "Oh." "Well, I thought perhaps that white house up there?" "No, that's the Andersons." "Oh." "Next door's the Halls and down the hill, the Bourdons." "Strange." "Well, this is Nightingale Way, isn't it?" "No." "Nightingale Place." "I better check my list." "Forgive me for having awakened you from your nap." "That's all right." "Thank you." "Hitchcock?" "Ann." "Ann Pan." "I'm getting dressed." "Was that her boyfriend?" "Husband." "How do you know?" "Because he's a big fat square schmegegge." "I'm gonna make us a mint julep the size of the pool." "Don't you need silver cups for that?" "Beer mugs." "I went to the beach today." "I missed you." "I missed you." "So, what do we do now?" "Wait." "Ann Pan, is Dawes ever a juicy prospect." "Three son-in-laws all ready for a combination policy say, about a hundred thousand, two hundred thousand dollars." "Sugar." "Sugar, sugar, sugar." "Powder?" "No." "Here." "Do you wanna sit outside?" "I got a second set of boat plans on the company's boatyard." "Here, why don't you get out of your tie?" "Let me finish these." "We stay down till they start watching TV." "How do you know they watch TV?" "Because they're married." "Well, what do you say let's go upstairs and watch our own TV?" "Maybe they'll start up." "You wanna watch him start up with your twitch?" "I watch anything, man." "What do you think of schmegegge head?" "Oh, he's nowhere." "She's ready to cut loose." "Now, how can you tell that from here?" "You'll learn to read the signs." "She brought him the drink." "She gave him a little bite" "Did he bite her back?" "Grab a hold?" "Well, maybe he's playing it cool." "Maybe he's got her eating her heart out." "Ooh." "You see the way she crossed her legs?" "Oh, yes." "Do that again." "Hmm." "Like she never met him." "I wish the Halls would sell their house." "They're asking too high." "Hundred thousand." "I don't like it standing empty." "You want privacy." "We need some neighbors." "What's wrong with Todd Anderson?" "They're too far away." "Annie would have to cover her fandango when she swims." "I swam back and forth ten times today." "Yeah?" "I'm trying to trim down my legs." "Here we go." "A little higher." "Man she can break you in two." "Let's get it up there." "Let's get it up there, baby." "A little higher." "Keep away from that man." "He's clutching her to him." "Nothing." "I promise you." "You see, he let go." "Would you let go?" "Would I let go?" "The only person who'd let go is a moral degenerate." "Huh?" "I promise you." "You'll be doing her a favor." "Yeah?" "They're going in the house." "Now, who's doing who a favor?" "They're going to have dinner." "Well, show's over." "Let's eat." "You wanna eat in or out?" "Huh?" "So, you wanna swindle a restaurant or rob a supermarket?" "I don't know, does the stove work?" "You wanna go to a movie?" "I thought you had your new blueprints?" "Oh, just wait till you see them." "Now, don't move." "NOW 1!" "Tell me about yourself, son." "Where'd you learn to cook?" "I was a short-order cook up in Fresno." "Hmm?" "You put too many grease." "No, that's margarine." "Margarine?" "Well, you don't have to eat, if you don't want to." "Floating marine engine." "Twice as much deck space." "Sleeps four." "Four?" "Two." "Ever since I can remember, somebody's been coming on with grease." "And ever since I can remember," "I have been dumping it." "I didn't cook, so you can dump it in the garbage." "Are we going to live on it?" "I picked out a little cottage on the edge of the lake." "Subject to your approval, of course." "Here's the real estate brochure." "Arrowhead Vacation Futures." "Porch, trees, and this is a wooden jetty runs right down to the boat." "Oh, that sounds wonderful." "And I've marked four whole weeks off for nothing but us." "Oh, that sounds best of all." "When does it happen?" "Well, as soon as I can find a reliable guy to train." "All I need is a halfway efficient manager for the main office." "By that time, I'll have the house paid off, a cushion of good solid stocks in the bank and boom, we'll fish, and swim, and float." "I'll chase you around the woods." "That sounds best of all." "You know what I want?" "Twitch?" "I wanna get into that white Corvette." "No, man." "They'll hear you." "If they hear us, we cut out." "Now is it worth it?" "You stay here." "No, man." "If you're gonna sit in it," "I'm going with you." "Could we have a fire?" "Light the gas." "There isn't any wood." "I'll get it." "I'll get it." "No, I'll get it." "Smell that perfume?" "Yeah." "It must be $20 a squirt." "I'm sure he's good for it." "His cash position stinks, but his tax position is nothing but capital gains." "You work the brother-in-law and I'll work the lawyer." "Have two copies on his desk first thing." "Roger, I'm ready for bed." "Wife noises." "See you at City National in the morning." "Right." "What's Jack Paar got that I haven't got?" "I bought a new negligee." "You can wear it up at Arrowhead." "See you later." "What?" "I'm going next door to borrow a cup of sugar." "Hey, I'll go with you." "No, man, you stay here and take a tour of the house." "Lots of scenes." "Just a minute." "Hi." "Me again." "I found those people I was looking for clear over on Morten Drive and they gave me a week's work, and I finished it in half a clay, so I I wondered if you had any work for a landscape artist." "We have a gardener." "Oh." "Well, how about specialty stuff?" "Pruning, transplanting." "Well, he does it all." "Hmm." "I bet he's Mexican." "No, he's Japanese." "Oh, really?" "Most of the guys up here are Mexican, they know tropical stuff, but they're not too good on, well, roses..." "the better class of things." "He's very good." "May I point something out to you, please?" "You see that ivy?" "It's falling apart." "No, really, you can check with your man, he's probably planning to do some work on it." "But I could do it in a half hour, would only cost you 50 cents." "Well, I'll ask my husband." "That's very kind of you." "I'm trying to set up a business route." "Well, if you change your mind, I'll be back about lunchtime." "You needn't bother." "Oh, no." "No bother." "Where is she going, huh?" "Hmm." "She needs help with her spray can." "Her what?" "Wait here." "Who is it?" "Hi." "Hi, you left the side door open." "I rang around the front door, there's nobody home." "Remember I said I'll be back about lunchtime." "You told me I might have a job with the roses," "I'm trying to set up a business around here." "Hey, you don't wanna go too heavy on that stuff." "What is it?" "Black Banner." "Oh, wow." "You know you can burn the leaves with this stuff." "And another thing, you wanna stand down wind, you don't wanna breathe in these, it's got arsenic." "I got some in my eye." "You better bathe it." "It's better now." "I know the proper distance and the proper amount." "You don't wanna get rose bugs all over you." "Ugh." "Yeah, ugh." "You see, you wanna get in at the tender part." "Is this crabgrass, these carrot things?" "Well, I'll tell you one thing, you can't spray that stuff." "You got to pull them out by the roots." "You want me to do it for you?" "How long would it take?" "Hmm, half hour." "Cost you a dollar." "See, I get two dollars an hour for my services." "How cheap can you get?" "Well, you might as well rake out the rose beds while you're at it." "That olive tree seems to shed all over the place, but it never bears any olives." "Well, it's because that's a male." "See, that one over there, that's a female." "He gives her the message and she gives him the olives." "Well, there's a bamboo rake in the garage." "Would you like some lemonade?" "I'm dry as a big old bone." "Why don't you go rest in the shade?" "Thank you." "Mmm." "Is it sweet enough?" "Well, it hits the spot." "Did you plant the roses by yourself?" "Some of them." "Hmm." "You know, you put Helen Traubel in the same bed with Lowell Thomas." "I'll have to fix that." "Gee, I'm sticky from the insect spray." "There's a faucet up by the mint bed." "Could I ask you a favor?" "Do you mind if I jump in the pool?" "I don't think you'd better." "Just for a second." "But you don't have a suit." "With pants and all." "I'd rather you wouldn't." "I'll be dry in a second." "Ooh, it's warm." "It's like a bath, come on in." "Oh, no thanks." "I'd get my hair wet." "Well, you got a cap." "Get a cap." "Oh, it's too much trouble." "Well, you got your suit on." "How do you know?" "Well, your slacks are kind of tight." "Use this towel." "Oh." "You keep yourself in good condition." "Well, I guess I'm what you call the physical type" "Not much up here." "What's your hurry?" "Oh, I have housework to do." "You do all your own housework?" "We used to have a maid but there really isn't enough work for a fulltime servant." "Besides, I kind of like it." "How about a butler?" "'Wu?" "Could make your bed." "Take care of your roses." "My husband would love that." "Ann." "How did you know my name?" "I looked on the steering post in your car." "I found one of your gloves." "I like the perfume." "I want to keep it." "How much do I owe you?" "Ann." "I'm sorry." "I know I ought not to have." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to." "It doesn't matter." "I wasn't mad at you." "You came to the door and you said, like, how there was no work." "And I thought you were stuck up." "But I can't be nice to every stranger that rings the bell." "You don't have to put them down." "I didn't mean to put you down." "I'm a plain working man." "You don't know what it means to a guy like me to take a dip in a private pool." "I understand." "You don't have to feel sorry for me." "I make a living." "I didn't mean it that way." "Why should you care?" "You don't know me." "What is your name?" "Ben Saunders." "Do you live near here, Ben?" "I sleep in my truck." "Let me give you some money." "I can't." "I get an allowance as regular as clockwork every week." "I can't." "Don't you understand?" "Will you let me lend it to you?" "Will you let me come back and work it off?" "We'll see." "You wait here." "Will 10 be enough?" "I changed my mind." "I can't take it." "Oh, don't be silly." "You've got to find a place to sleep." "I already know one." "In the back of your truck?" "Next door." "Next door?" "It's empty." "You can't go in there." "For one night." "You'd get caught." "Can I stay?" "I'd have to tell my husband." "I guess you would." "Well, goodbye." "Bye." "I've told you she's yours." "I wouldn't touch her with a bamboo rake." "Oh, come on, cut it out." "She's a cow." "She's got cow eyes and she gives butter." "And if I wanted her for myself, I could've had her in the garage or on the patio or I could've pushed her in the pool." "How long does it take?" "Right." "Now, you listen to me." "You want me to go down there and drag her up here by the hair?" "Do you want me to hold her while she screams?" "Do you want me to cut her so she bleeds all over you, Boots?" "You tell me how you want her, dead or alive?" "Alive." "All right." "Then we do it my way, all the time it takes." "Who is it?" "The fuzz?" "It's her husband." "Ann." "Ann Pan." "In here." "Were you asleep?" "Caught napping" "You all right?" "I had a dream." "Bad?" "I dreamed the pool got so hot, all the water boiled away." "Want me to turn off the heater?" "Maybe later." "Take off your suit and put on that towel thing." "I ordered a table, at the Imperial Gardens." "How come?" "Big celebration." "Did you land the son-in-laws?" "One down and two to go." "Dawes wants the group plan for all his west coast plants." "He asked me to come up to San Francisco." "When?" "Tomorrow." "For how long?" "Oh, just for the day." "He wants me to meet the management heads." "I leave on flight 307 at 10:40." "Return trip, flight 521, leaving at 7:10, due here at 8:40." "Did you eat?" "Oranges." "All set?" "May I have a martini?" "Do you think we need a new gardener?" "Hmm, grass looked okay to me." "Why?" "Well, a man stopped by today, a Mr. Saunders?" "He knows landscaping and he pointed out some things." "He's trying to start a business in the neighborhood." "What did you tell him?" "I told him I'd take it up with you." "It's been took up, voted down unanimously." "He asked about the house next door." "Tell him to take that up with old man Hall." "I love you." "And I love you." "You look just wonderful." "Leave on the den lights?" "Uh-hmm." "How come you do the work and he takes her out?" "She's not gonna sleep tonight." "She'll lie awake, think about me." "Watch it." "Where are you going?" "I left the pool light on." "I'll get it." "No, I'm already up." "She's looking up here." "Blow her a kiss." "No, man." "Let her sweat." "What was the flight number?" "521, United." "At 8:30." "I'll be here." "Bye-bye." "I'll miss you." "Ben?" "Hey, Ben?" "Hey, you left the side door open again." "Isn't your radio a little loud?" "Hey, Ed." "Turn it down." "That's Ed Hogate." "He's a buddy of mine." "I thought you said you were alone." "I am." "We bumped into each other last night at Schwab's." "I mean, I thought you said you didn't know anyone." "I don't." "He's from Sacramento." "He's in the-— In the appliance business, you know, door-to-door sales of vacuum cleaners and steam irons and things like that." "Were you in there last night in the Hall's house?" "I saw you come out and turn on the heat in the pool." "I could've used some heat up there myself." "It's warmer sleeping in the truck." "I had a feeling someone was in there." "Was your friend with you?" "On, Eddy?" "Oh, no." "He came up the hill about an hour ago while you were out driving your husband." "Oh, Roger's gone up to San Francisco." "Business?" "I told him about you." "What'd he say?" "I'm afraid there really isn't any work for you here." "Well, it doesn't make any difference." "I didn't feel like working today anyway." "HEY," "I had an idea." "It's past lunch and I thought maybe you'd let me take you to a drive-in restaurant and treat you to a cheeseburger." "Do you like grilled cheese sandwiches?" "Oh, no, that's too much trouble." "Oh, it's no trouble at all." "I can't." "Now, don't start that again." "You're not gonna turn me down two times in a row." "You go invite your friend." "You don't have to invite him." "Tell him luncheon is served." "What's up?" "You're invited to lunch." "Scooby-doo-by-doo-ba-ba." "Fine." "Now, listen to me." "We know each other from Sacramento." "We met last night at Schwab's." "Schwab's?" "Yeah, that's a drug store." "Another thing," "I was in the house last night by myself." "Where was I?" "Who gives a flop where you were?" "You're in the appliance business." "Oh, come on, man." "Sales manager." "Here's your card." "Your name is Ed Hogate." "And what..." "What's your name?" "Ben Saunders." "Where do you get this stuff from?" "It's from your mother, go get the radio." "Okay." "Sure, Benny." "Ben." "Ann, may I present Ed." "How do you do?" "Won't you sit down?" "The cheese is on the grill for when we're ready." "Do you like grilled cheese sandwiches, Ed?" "Well me, I'd eat anything." "Please, go ahead." "Well, I hope it's all right." "I tried a lemon dressing instead of mayonnaise." "I'm trying to lose weight and I guess I inflict it on everyone." "And not an ounce of fat on you." "Yeah, where could you lose it from?" "You're both much too polite." "Ben tells me you're in the appliance business." "Oh, yes." "Yeah, here's my card." "Sacramento Appliance Company." "Sales manager." "Well, yes, you see," "I'm in charge of this bunch of goldbricks." "And they're supposed to ring the doorbells and unload these electric juicers on the unsuspecting housewife." "TV sets and electric toasters, and fiber door mats and..." "Well, you name it, we got it." "I dress casual like this because they're supposed to do the public sales pitch and I pull the strings from above." "You have to keep the group separate, you know, the birds, and the snakes and..." "But if you want a wholesale markdown on anything like a set of power tools, well, I'll have it up for you this afternoon." "Oh, Ann has all the comforts of home." "But I appreciate the offer." "Well, are we ready for cheese sandwiches?" "You're the hostess." "Ben, what about me?" "You wait here." "I thought you might need some help." "Well, you might hand me the butter." "These stick to the grill." "Why don't you let me do that?" "I used to cook short order up in Fresno." "What haven't you clone?" "Where did you first meet your husband?" "Oh, in school." "We were kids together." "He left Green Castle to go to Chicago." "He started out to be an architect, but changed over to the insurance business." "Did you follow him to Chicago?" "No." "No, he came back home to visit his folks on his summer vacation." "We went to some dances and fell in love." "How long have you been married?" "Oh, as long as I can remember." "You love him?" "See, I was 19." "Yes, I'm in love with him." "He takes care of you?" "He provides a roof, my clothes, my own car." "What about you?" "What do you mean?" "Oh." "I just had a feeling about you." "Oh?" "It's none of my business." "No, I guess it isn't." "They smell good." "Ben!" "Would you take care of them?" "I want to get out of this dress." "I'm afraid I might drip something on it." "I won't be but a minute." "Make mine rare, with onions." "Come here." "Go see if there's some beer in the icebox." "You look like a movie star." "Thank you." "I hope you don't mind my raiding your beer, but Boots was dry as big old bone." "Boots?" "That's his nickname because he wears motorcycle boots." "I notice you wear them too." "Yeah, well, they stand up under a lot of rough wear and they're inexpensive." "They look kind of tough." "I suppose." "Cops wear them." "Cops don't go around and losing their belts." "Where did you find that?" "You know I've been afraid to sneeze." "Do YOU play, Boots?" "The phonograph." "Oh, Ann, I bet you play." "Oh, only at parties." "Well, let's have a party." "Hey, you got any 45s?" "I'm afraid all we have are albums." "This is a stereo set, and music comes out of both speakers." "Oh, yeah, I know." "Should we put something on?" "Hey, you got any dance music?" "Well, now this is a test record, it has music and sounds." "Sounds like a freight yard." "Salt Lake City." "Your Arthur Murray dance party." "Don't say anything." "Shh." "You're gonna take it for yourself, aren't you?" "Nobody's gonna take nothing." "You said you was gonna fix me up, Duke, remember?" "Relax." "Come on, don't get sore." "You said I was saving it for a rich daddy." "Well maybe that's what you want me to do." "Was he upset?" "Well, he's... kind of a poor soul." "Maybe you should go after him." "Do you want me to go?" "I think you'd better." "Kind of pushed my welcome." "It's getting late." "What time do you have to go?" "Roger's clue back at 8:40." "Plenty of time." "I promised I'd drive out to meet him." "It can only be about 6:00." "I have to get dressed." "One for the road?" "All right." "No more for me, I'm getting dizzy." "I won't be able to drive." "No." "I don't want to go in there." "You don't want to be sick." "I don't want to." "No, Ben." "I can't." "No, Ben." "I can't." "You want to." "No, this is our bed." "We can go somewhere else." "We could go next door." "No, I just can't." "Please." "I love you." "No." "Not here." "Go!" "Don't." "I don't want to hurt you." "I'll give you my word." "I won't do anything." "I just wanna look at you." "I don't wanna hurt you." "You keep still or I'll cut your head off." "You don't have to scream." "You don't have to fight me." "He wants me to." "Duke wants me to." "Don't tell him I can't." "You let him touch you?" "You didn't care if it was him, or me, or the garbage man." "You laid there... like a dog." "I heard you cry." "There was lipstick all over your face." "A crease in your hair." "You were drunk." "You were crying for it." "Duke." "You're a filthy, stinking bitch." "Duke, don't." "Don't hurt her." "Help!" "Somebody, help!" "Ann!" "Roger, help!" "Look out, Roger." "He has a knife." "Swim down to this end." "In my desk, in the right-hand drawer under the policies, my army pistol." "Roger, help me." "Run." "Shoot him, Ann." "Shoot him." "Ann, are you all right?" "I wasn't, but I am now."