"(THUNDER RUMBLES)" "(BARKING)" "(WHIMPERING)" "Glen?" "(BARKING)" "Glen?" "(DOG GROWLING)" "Stop." "Stop!" "Leslie?" "What is it?" "What's happened?" "He's dead." "(THUNDER RUMBLES)" "Give me that gun." "You'd better go upstairs to bed." "Glen, what are you going to do?" "What I always do-- clean up after you." "♪ (THEME) ♪" "Mannix s5e01 Dark So Early, Dark So Long" "(GASP)" "Sorry I startled you." "Breakfast is ready." "Mrs. Fielding's downstairs." "Thank you." "Good morning." "Have some breakfast?" "Just coffee, please." "Are you going out?" "I have to see John Ogilvy about some contracts." "On Saturday?" "All great fortunes were made on Saturday." "Thank you Mrs. Allen." "Glen?" "Last night it did happen, didn't it?" "It happened." "I swear I didn't know it was him." "You couldn't pray for anyone to believe that, under the circumstances." "Well you believe me, don't you?" "Of course I believe you." "But I'm not paid by the city to doubt your word." "What did you do?" "Leslie, you've got to go on as if nothing had happened." "Just put it out of your mind forever." "How can I do that?" "By concentrating on the alternative-- a lifetime spent in a prison cell." "Is that how you want to punish yourself for him?" "Why do you put up with me?" "As your mother would say, the pay is right." "Oh, may I help you?" "Well, I..." "Mildred?" "Mildred Oliver!" "Ah, it's good to see you." "Peggy, I want you to meet Mrs. Mildred Oliver." "Her kitchen sustained me through my last two years of college." "How do you do?" "Hello." "Would you like some coffee?" "Oh, no thank you." "I had a late breakfast." "Ah, it's so good to see you, Mildred." "Come in." "Come in." "I was just passing by and I.." "I saw the name." "Sit down." "Golly, how long has it been?" "Now, don't you dare." "I'm not as old as I look." "You look just as beautiful." "It's talk like that that used to allow you to raid the refrigerator, as I remember." "Well, after all, I was going to school on a G. I. Bill" "$110 a month and all you could read." "Those were good days, Joe." "And Mr. Oliver's great barbecues-- what a feast." "Matthew loved to have young people around, especially you, Joe." "Thank you for that wonderful letter." "Well, he was a great guy." "And Leslie.. how is she?" "Fine, as far as I know." "You weren't just passing by, were you, Mildred?" "I'm worried about her, Joe." "She's drinking... excessively, I think is the clinical word for it." "She was always a high-spirited girl-- foolish but forgivable." "But parties are just the public part of her drinking these days." "It goes on day and night." "When did this all start?" "I don't know exactly." "It was as if... the wind changed and no one noticed." "She got worse after Matthew died." "I let it go, hoping she'd find herself." "But she wasn't really looking." "In fact, there was a time when she lost herself completely for months." "When was that?" "Five years ago." "She just dropped out of sight." "I was worried sick." "Why didn't you call me, Mildred?" "I thought of it many times." "She turned up, finally-- married." "Yeah, I know." "I remember seeing his picture." "On a tennis court, no doubt." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I shouldn't say that." "Hardly know Glen, really." "Mothers rarely approve of their daughters' choice in husbands, do they?" "Well, that's all history, Mildred." "What about today?" "Something's bothering her terribly, Joe." "We were supposed to go shopping on Saturday, and she cancelled." "Then I called her on Sunday and Glen said she was out but she never called me back." "Then yesterday we were supposed to meet for lunch and she never showed up." "And I still can't get through to her on the phone." "Something's dreadfully wrong, Joe." "How can I help?" "Well... they're having a cocktail party today at the house." "Glen's invited, oh, some important buyers from the East." "I'm still on the board so they had to invite me." "And you have to invite me for old times' sake." "Well, I hope they don't mind." "Of course we don't mind, Mr. Mannix." "We'd be delighted to have you." "Thank you." "Joe's an old friend of Leslie's." "I just happened to run into him." "Well, it couldn't have happened on a better day." "Let's have a drink." "I understand that you and Leslie went to school together." "Yes." "Mrs. Oliver, how good to see you again." "You look marvelous." "John Ogilvy, Joe Mannix." "How do you do?" "(Ogilvy) Mannix?" "A pleasure." "Where's Leslie?" "Oh, you know Leslie." "She's upstairs putting on the finishing touches." "Will you excuse us, please?" "I'd like you to see something, John." "Excuse me." "Mildred, uh... where does Ogilvy fit into this?" "He's the firm's new attorney-- one of Glen's friends." "Beware of young men whose income has not yet reached the level of their ambition." "Joe." ""Leslie Oliver, our homecoming queen..." ""Was just sent home by request of the dean."" "It's Joe!" "Joe Mannix!" "Leslie, how are you?" "Oh, I'm fine." "Oh, it's been too long." "I can't believe it-- seeing you again." "Yes, it.. it has been a long time." "You all right, Leslie?" "Oh, I'm fine." "I'm just fine." "Oh, Mrs. Fielding, it's good to see you." "It's good to see you, too." "It's a very nice party." "Lovely, except the hostess doesn't have a drink." "I think that's shocking, don't you?" "Thank you." "A little brandy in that, please." "And Mr. Mannix will have..." "Scotch and water, tall." "You know I'm disappointed in you, Leslie." "Oh?" "I'd figured that you'd have a whole station wagon full of kids by now." "Did I say something?" "Oh, I guess motherhood just isn't one of my favorite subjects, that's all." "I'm sorry." "It's all right." "How about you?" "How many wives?" "One?" "Two?" "Zero." "Oh, I've come close a couple of times." "(Leslie) Close doesn't count." "I'd like to see the ones that came close, though." "You know I threw myself at you for a whole semester and you didn't even try to be serious." "The dues were pretty high in your club." "I might have paid them." "Free rides are for hitchhikers, Leslie." "You can get let off in the middle of nowhere." "The middle of nowhere-- that sounds good." "Everyone should go there once." "Joe?" "I need another drink." "Are you sure?" "Mm-hmm." "I'll drink and you count, okay?" "Did you by any chance see that marvelous collection of..." "Won't you come in?" "I'd like to speak with, uh, Mrs. Leslie Fielding." "I'm sorry." "I'm afraid they're having a party." "Well, it'll just take a few minutes." "One moment." "Mrs. Oliver, please." "What is it, Ellie?" "There's a gentlemen to see Mrs. Fielding." "He says he's from the police." "I'm Mrs. Fielding's mother." "I'm Lieutenant Tobias." "I'd like to speak with your daughter if I may-- just a couple of questions." "Ellie, please ask Mr. and Mrs. Fielding to come to the library." "This way, Lieutenant." "Thank you." "Lieutenant, may I ask the nature of your visit?" "Oh, it's routine." "That's the nature of most of our business, I assure you." "Lieutenant, would you mind telling us what this is all about?" "You've come at a very awkward moment." "I'm sorry about that, but I had to ask Mrs. Fielding some questions." "As Mrs. Fielding's attorney, I'd really prefer she didn't answer any questions." "I'm perfectly all right." "Perhaps you'd be more comfortable if you sat down." "(Ogilvy) Madame." "Joe." "Mrs. Fielding, do you know a man called Gantry" "Lloyd Gantry?" "No, I don't think so." "Are you certain?" "She answered you, Adam." "I'm sorry about that, Joe." "She seemed a little uncertain." "No, no, I'm positive." "Now, Lieutenant, will you tell us what this is all about?" "Lloyd Gantry was found floating in the harbor." "He'd been shot." "You're a long way from the harbor, Adam." "He also had a check in his wallet for $1,000 in it, and made out to cash, signed by Mrs. Leslie Fielding." "What?" "May I see that?" "Facsimile." "Yes, that's the check." "It was stolen from my briefcase in my car about a week ago." "Did you report it to the police?" "No." "I was in a hurry on a business trip, but I stopped payment." "You can check with the bank." "I see." "Well, sorry to have caused you the inconvenience." "Oh, that's all right, Lieutenant." "Well, if you're through with us, we have a party." "You don't mind seeing yourself out?" "What are you doing here, Joe?" "Strictly pleasure, Adam." "Nice party." "Where are you heading?" "Back to my office." "County coroner's report." "Gantry was shot twice, .32 caliber, been dead since Saturday." "Saturday?" "Come on, Joe." "How long have we known each other?" "I don't know." "You keeping track?" "No, I'm not keeping track." "But you don't leave a party like that to come down here and drink stale coffee." "I told you, Adam, Leslie Fielding's an old friend of mine." "Sure." "She's getting older fast, too, from what I saw." "So she's got a problem." "And one problem leads to another." "Sometimes." "Listen, Joe, are you sure you're not working on a case?" "Is there a case?" "Well, when we find the gun that fired those two shots, we'll know, won't we?" "When you find a gun." "Oh, we're going to find it." "Then maybe you'll have a case, eh?" "Okay, okay, got it." "Is that all?" "Thanks, Vivian." "Listen, if you find out anything else, will you give us a call?" "Right." "Good morning, Peggy." "Good morning, Joe." "There's your mail." "Thank you." "I got an early run-down on the dead man." "You want the preliminaries?" "Yeah, go." "Lloyd Gantry, 42, ex-musician.. trumpet, hasn't worked or paid his union dues in four years." "Last place of employment, Sea Breeze Bar in North Redondo Beach." "Had a penthouse apartment in Brentwood." "Drove a late model expensive sports car." "Unmarried." "I was afraid of that." "What, that he was a bachelor?" "No, that's he was out of work and in the money." "That always spells trouble." "For anyone we know?" "I hope not." "What's the name of that bar?" "Sea Breeze." "Yeah, we used to have a band, round about four years ago." "Not good, but loud." "Did Lloyd Gantry play with the band?" "Yeah, like I told the Lieutenant." "I wonder who knocked Gantry off." "He left me with a tab you wouldn't believe." "Did he come in here after the band folded?" "All the time." "Big spender?" "Well, he'd start off the month with a bundle." "Then he'd get broke and start signing the tabs." "Said a rich uncle of his died and left him some money, but he could only get a certain amount a month." "Did he ever come in with a lady?" "Are you kidding?" "He never came in without one." "They used to start the party here and then head for Tijuana and points south." "He loved those south-of-the-border parties and the horses." "I wonder how much rich uncles are leaving these days." "$1,000 a month-- that's what he was spending." "Not bad for an unemployed trumpet player." "Yeah, and every month for four years." "We found his bank book." "Doesn't that strike you as a coincidence?" "1,000?" "It's a nice round figure, frequently used." "Yeah." "Mrs. Fielding's check was for the same round figure." "Well, her husband explained that." "Yeah, I know." "We checked the bank-- he stopped payment, all right." "Don't act so disappointed when somebody tells you the truth, Adam." "Why don't you tell me the truth?" "Is Leslie Fielding a client of yours?" "Are you trying to make her one?" "How'd you know Lloyd Gantry was a trumpet player?" "Peggy told me." "She follows bands." "Look, when you find out what's happened, let me know, eh?" "(Tobias) If you don't find out before me, right?" "And besides, you don't have a case until you find a motive or at least find the gun." "Thanks for the on-the-job-training." "Joe?" "That gun may still be in the murderer's hot little hand." "Give me an hour, Lieutenant." "I'll tell you if it's the same gun." "Stop it!" "Just stop it!" "Why can't you leave me alone!" "Leslie dear, I only wanted to help." "There!" "Leslie!" "Are you satisfied?" "I've stopped!" "Here's another piece, Ellie." "Thank you." "(DOORBELL RINGS)" "I'll get it." "Joe." "Oh, Joe, come in." "Hello, Mildred." "Is Leslie in?" "Well, if you want to talk to her, you've picked a very bad day." "Well, I guess I should have called first." "If you have a moment, could we have a little talk?" "Certainly." "Let's go in the library." "Is she in some sort of trouble, Joe?" "Well, I'm not sure yet." "It depends on the truth and how much I know of it." "I've.." "I've never told this to a soul." "Maybe it's time, Mildred." "Leslie's in trouble." "Her secrecy is killing her." "I told you she was missing five years ago." "I couldn't come to you, Joe." "It was so personal." "So I hired a big firm that handles investigations all over the world." "They trace people with computers." "And?" "They looked for her in all her favorite playgrounds in Europe." "This time she wasn't out playing." "No." "She was just down the coast a few miles, place called Shepherd of the Angels." "It's an orphanage and-- and hospital for girls in trouble who can't go to their mothers." "Leslie had a baby." "Isn't it.. isn't it funny, Joe?" "How a tiny baby can bring so much joy to everyone around it when it comes into the world wanted?" "What happened to the child?" "She left it there for adoption." "I thought maybe it was for the best." "I couldn't tell her that I knew and let her know I was spying on her." "She never mentioned the child." "Soon after she-- she met Glen and married him." "I assumed it was a secret she wanted locked up forever." "I'm afraid forever is closing in fast on Leslie." "(PHONE RINGING)" "Hello?" "Yes, he's here." "It's your secretary." "Yeah, Peggy?" "Joe?" "The police found a gun and it may be the one that killed Lloyd Gantry." "(Technician) This bullet was taken from Gantry's body." "This one is fired for comparison from the gun recovered on the playground." "Playground?" "Yeah, a kid found it." "What's your professional opinion, Harry?" "Peas in a pod." "Take a look at the blow-up, Lieutenant-- all fired from the same gun." "Okay." "Thanks." "Adam?" "Yeah?" "Have you put a name to the gun?" "It's registered to Mrs. Leslie Fielding, Joe." "I'm sorry." "I'm going to have to pick her up." "You mind if I go along?" "Well, I'd have a hard time stopping you, wouldn't I?" "(DOORBELL RINGS)" "Come in Mr. Mannix." "Thank heavens you're here." "What's the matter?" "She's locked herself in her room and she won't even answer me." "Which one is it?" "Up there, first bedroom on the right." "I've been pounding on her door and she won't even listen to me." "Leslie!" "Leslie, it's Joe." "Leslie, are you all right?" "Leslie." "Leslie!" "She's pretty weak, Adam." "Come on, Leslie, on your feet." "Come on, Leslie." "This is Tobias." "Get an ambulance up to 680 Briar Valley Road." "Let's go." "Come on, Leslie!" "Tell 'em it's an overdose." "Come on, Leslie, take a deep breath." "Leslie." "Wake up!" "Leslie, take a deep breath." "(breathing heavily) Come on." "Oh, Leslie, why?" "Why?" "Oh, I killed him, Joe!" "I killed him." "Oh, just let it be over." "(WOMAN OVER P.A.) Dr Ward, 561 west, please." "Dr Ward, go to 561 west." "Doc?" "How is she?" "She'll be all right." "A few minutes later and it would have been all over." "You can talk to her tomorrow, Lieutenant." "Lieutenant?" "How is Leslie?" "Where is she?" "She's in the emergency room." "The doctor says she'll be all right." "I have to talk to her." "I'd rather you talk to me first, Mr. Fielding." "Let me get one thing straight-- did it occur to you that you were making yourself an accomplice by trying to get rid of Gantry's body and the gun?" "You don't have to say anything, Glen." "You have the right to remain silent." "No." "I forfeited the right to remain silent when Leslie tried to take her own life." "I had no idea." "I didn't think." "I love my wife." "I was trying to protect her." "Didn't you know your wife had a gun?" "I gave it to her months ago." "We'd had prowlers." "You can check your own records, Lieutenant." "I thought she'd feel safer." "Was Gantry blackmailing her?" "I think so." "I don't know what for." "I don't care." "After Mr. Ogilvy took over the company's books, he discovered the payments that had been made to Gantry by my wife." "How did Mrs. Fielding explain the payments?" "She wouldn't explain." "She was terrified." "Her drinking got worse." "Glen ordered me to stop the payments." "That explains the cancelled check." "Blackmailers are half bluff, anyway." "And half greed." "You should have counted on that." "So when the money stopped, Gantry called on your wife." "He threatened her, they quarreled and she shot him." "I don't know." "There's only one other explanation for your actions, Mr. Fielding." "You were afraid that she asked him to come to the house to kill him." "Eh?" "Yes." "Well... we'll need a statement." "That can wait until tomorrow." "Thank you, Mr. Fielding." "Adam, you're not tying a ribbon on this case?" "Cut and dried." "Open and shut, and all the other clichés we big city cops use, Joe." "Doesn't it make you uncomfortable when they come this easy?" "I don't get paid any more for the hard ones than I do for the easy ones." "Yeah, well I don't like it at all." "Well, don't go fishing in the bathtub, Joe.. no fish." "I know." "But I keep thinking of the big one you pulled out of the harbor." "Well, I hope your coffee is as good as your timing." "Oh, where you able to reach Derek in Tijuana?" "Yes, and you'll have the phone bill to prove it." "Yeah." "He's got about seven offices-- all phone booths." "Well, you can't beat the rent." "What did he say?" "He said he'd have the information on Gantry by the time you crossed the border." "He also said, "C.O. D.," and you'd know what that meant." "That means come on down with cash." "Did he really work for Scotland Yard?" "Uh oh." "That means bring an extra $50." "Hmm." "It's not." "You going now?" "Yeah, I have to make a stop on the way down." "Where?" "An orphanage." "(CHILDREN SHOUTING)" "All right, children." "You can go and play now." "Yay!" "Sister Angelica?" "Yes." "I'm Joe Mannix." "They said at the office you might be able to tell me about Leslie Oliver." "Leslie Oliver?" "Yes." "Her name is now Leslie Fielding." "She's an old friend of mine." "She's in serious trouble." "You might be able to help." "I remember." "She was a very troubled young lady." "She had a child." "Leslie doesn't think she has anything to live for." "I'd like to try and give her something." "I thought I might find it here." "Leslie insisted on giving up the baby without ever seeing her." "I was very sad for her." "Was she adopted?" "It's very difficult, unfortunately, to place children with handicaps." "Linda was born blind." "But she's quite a remarkable child." "May I see her?" "She's over there doing her homework." "Go and speak to her if you like." "Mr. Mannix, do it without pity in your voice, please." "As I said, she's quite bright." "Thank you." "Linda?" "Hello." "Who are you?" "I'm Joe Mannix." "You're tall, I can tell." "Well, is that better?" "You doing your lessons?" "Want to watch me spell?" "I certainly do." ""A" like in apple." "And that's "B" like a bird." "Hey, before you know it, you'll be reading whole books." "Are you going to stay here and help me with my lessons?" "Well, I'd like to honey, but I can't." "I'll be back." "Oh." "You see, I have to run down to Mexico." "Black 10 on a red Jack." "Joseph!" "Hello, Derek." "What a delightful surprise." "Surprise?" "Anyone that keeps an appointment with me, it's always a surprise." "Always carry a deck of cards, Joseph, and you'll never be without 52 companions." "Well, how are you?" "You look very prosperous." "Business good?" "Well, business has been very slow, Derek." "Clients are scarce." "Aha!" "You're a clever man." "When your client is as wealthy as Leslie Fielding, you don't really need too many, do you, lad?" "Have you got something for me, Derek?" "Tequila?" "Would that entitle me to buy a whole bottle?" "Oh, if you insist." "Nacho, la botella, por favor" "Sí ¿cómo no?" "Keeps the inside the same temperature as the outside." "Poor man's air conditioning." "Derek, I drove a long way." "So you did." "So you did." "And a very worthwhile trip." "January first, 1966, wedding bells, Joseph, for Mr. Lloyd Gantry and Miss Leslie Ann Oliver." "Marriage?" "Are you sure, Derek?" "I saw the certificate." "And from her signature, it would appear the young lady might have been, if you'll pardon the expression, smashed." "Mr. Gantry, however, knew exactly what he was doing when he married a rich young lady." "Let's hear the rest of it." "Well, he was a big gambler and the ponies never ran well for him." "The bookies have been after him for years, and getting tougher." "As recently as last week, he promised some of his very large creditors he was coming into a sizable fortune." "Do you know anything about that, Joseph?" "I'm learning more every minute." "Well, there you are, Derek." "C.O. D., right?" "Joseph, you do, understand why I-- Well, of course." "And I don't care what Scotland Yard says, you're a genius." "Thanks, Derek." "(Mannix) Gracias." "Hello, Leslie." "How are you feeling?" "Just about the way I look, I guess-- shameful." "Leslie" "Joe, please don't get mixed up in this mess." "Leslie, I need your help." "Oh, isn't that marvelous?" "You need my help." "I want you to tell me exactly what happened that night, every step you took, everything you heard." "I killed him, Joe." "Don't you understand?" "Maybe I wanted to." "When I saw his face, I-- No, before that." "Now your dog heard something." "You got a gun, went down the stairs and into the living room." "Oh, don't, Joe, please" "Now you've got to remember, Leslie!" "I just stood there." "He was closing the doors to the patio and then he turned around." "I said, "Stop."" "And he started to come toward me and I shot him." "I shot him." "How many times?" "Two or three." "Exactly!" "Now it's important." "Try and remember, Leslie." "Try and hear the shots." "Count them." "Three.. three times." "Three." "Lloyd Gantry was your husband, wasn't he?" "You were married in Tijuana." "I was very drunk at the time, Joe." "The next morning when I realized what I'd done," "I begged him to get an annulment." "And did he?" "Well, he said he did." "I gave him money and he left." "And when you married Glen Fielding, he came back." "There was no annulment, was there?" "Bigamy must have been quite a shock." "And you paid for it, a month at a time." "Oh, Joe, whatever happened to the laughs and the bright lights?" "It's like somebody pulled the switch and everything went dark." "Now there's just nothing." "Not nothing, Leslie." "You've got a beautiful daughter." "You've seen her?" "And, she's had a little trouble with the dark, too." "She's blind." "Oh, no." "Oh, no!" "But she hasn't given up, Leslie." "I'm not sure I like this." "I told you there'd be occasional night work." "What if Fielding comes home?" "He won't." "Mildred Oliver's keeping him very busy tonight." "Now Leslie's dog heard a noise, woke her up." "She came down those stairs, across this foyer and stood right here in the dark." "Now Peggy, stand here where she did." "Now Gantry came through these doors from the patio." "He closed the doors behind him." "He turned around." "And he started toward her and she fired three times." "And he must have fallen right about here." "What's this whole charade supposed to prove?" "You see, Peggy," "Leslie is positive she fired at him three times." "And yet they only found two bullets in Gantry's body." "He closed those doors behind him." "What happened to the third bullet?" "The doors were closed." "Now what happened to that third bullet?" "Well, it wasn't in the room." "Now if the doors were open," "I could explain what happened to the third bullet." "It could have been out in the yard someplace." "But Leslie is positive Gantry closed the doors behind him." "And the glass in the doors hadn't been replaced recently." "Now why did Gantry close the doors behind him?" "Maybe he wanted to leave by the front." "Oh, thanks a lot." "Okay, okay." "Maybe he was invited." "What did you say?" "I said maybe he was invited." "You know I've been putting myself in everybody's place but Gantry's." "Maybe that's it." "What was he thinking about when he came through those doors and closed them?" "He didn't expect to have to leave in a hurry." "I think you're right, Peggy." "I think he expected to leave by the front door." "And we know Leslie didn't invite him there." "So?" "So that could explain why he was there." "And that could also explain why there was no third bullet." "No, no, no, Joe." "That's no good, believe me." "Look, I got a body, a weapon, a motive and a confession." "Man, that's perfect score in my business." "Not quite, Adam." "You still need the missing bullet." "Oh, come on, Joe." "We searched for that third bullet." "It's probably outside somewhere." "All right, a sharp lawyer may try to make something out of it, but..." "No, no, no, Leslie said that Gantry closed those doors before she fired." "Leslie was drunk and frightened." "Then you're not going to go along with me?" "Don't make me say it, Joe." "Say it." "She'll be arraigned tomorrow." "Okay." "Then I'll play a hunch." "Don't get into any trouble, Joe." "What makes you say that?" "Because you do some pretty crazy things sometimes and I worry about you." "Well, just hang close to your phone, Adam." "You may get a call from me." "Hi." "Hi." "Remember me?" "Sure." "Once I see a face, that's it-- like a camera." "You were asking me about Lloyd Gantry." "Yeah, you said he always came in with different women." "Yeah, dozens." "Newspaper says it was a babe that shot him.. rich, too." "Did he ever come in with a man?" "Oh, once or twice." "Mostly chicks." "Did he ever come in with this man?" "No, no, no." "How about him?" "Uh-huh." "Put him in a gray business suit, sit him in that booth over there..." "Uh-huh, that's the guy." "He and Gantry were drinking double Scotches." "I remember." "When was that?" "Oh, couple of weeks ago, maybe." "You kind of lose track of time in a bar." "Yeah, a whole lifetime, some people." "No." "I'm sorry, Mr. Mannix." "I can't help you." "To be perfectly candid, I don't intend to handle Mrs. Fielding's defense." "You abandon ship fast." "I thought it was women and children first." "(laughs) No, it's not that." "It's" "As Mr. Fielding told you, I was involved.. innocently, mind you-- with the payment of blackmail to Lloyd Gantry." "Haven't you got your victims mixed up?" "I don't follow you." "Leslie is the real victim, isn't she?" "Well, yes, I suppose she is in her own unfortunate way." "Excuse me." "Put another one of these up on the front." "Now Mr. Mannix, I'm a very busy man." "Was there anything else?" "Yes." "Gantry was paid $1,000 a month, right?" "Yes, that's been established." "$1,000 a month is mere potatoes compared to what Fielding would get if his wife went to the gas chamber." "I'm afraid that one escapes me." "Well, I think Fielding killed Gantry and arranged for his wife to take the rap." "Why, that's ridiculous." "Yeah, hear me out-- Gantry needed money, a lot of it." "Fielding offered him a lump sum." "Now all Gantry had to do to get it was go to the house, take three blank shots and play dead." "Fielding arrived on cue, sent Leslie upstairs and then he and Gantry just walked out the front door." "That's a pretty fanciful theory." "How did Gantry die?" "When Gantry asked for his money later, Fielding paid him off.. two shots, real bullets in Leslie's gun." "He then planted the check on Gantry to tie Leslie in with him." "He then threw the body into the harbor where he knew he would be found sooner or later and did the same with the gun near the playground." "Now look, Mannix, you're not trying to tie me in with this." "I found out about the blackmail payments." "Glen told me to keep on paying them until this last one." "Now that's all I had to do with it." "But you wouldn't want to see an innocent person convicted of a crime she didn't commit, would you?" "No." "No, of course not." "But if any of this is true, why haven't you gone to the police?" "Well, I need a little more proof." "And you can help me." "How?" "Are you meeting Fielding today?" "Yes, at pump station 2 at 6:00." "Good." "I'll be there." "For what?" "In my place?" "Yes." "I don't know." "You see, Mr. Mannix," "Mr. Fielding has been a very generous employer." "Of course." "But if there's been a miscarriage of justice, Mr. Ogilvy, you'd want to set it straight." "And besides, if Fielding is guilty, the company will be looking around for a bright young man to take the president's place." "Mannix, what's this all about?" "I want to talk to you about how you killed Lloyd Gantry." "Well, let's talk." "You covered your tracks pretty well, Fielding, except for that third bullet-- the one you fired into the air after you remembered that there had to be three empty shells in the gun." "You should have put that third bullet into Gantry before you threw him into the harbor." "How do you think you're going to prove any of that?" "Well, with a little digging, I might even be able to find out where you bought the blanks for Leslie's pistol." "If you're reaching for a gun, forget it!" "(Ogilvy) Hold it, Mannix!" "Get rid of the gun." "Get down on your knees." "Hands flat on the ground." "Get his gun, Fielding." "Ah!" "(Policeman) Hold it." "Drop your gun." "Come on down." "Adam?" "Joe." "You didn't have to lay back quite so far." "Mm-hmm." "You know, one of these days, you're going to be just a couple of seconds too late." "Well, I'll just have to keep trying, Joe." "I can't do it, Joe." "Leslie." "Don't turn away from that." "There's no place left to run." "She's beautiful, isn't she?" "Why don't you tell her?" "Girls like to hear that from their mothers." "(Nun) Linda, it's your mother."