"Good evening." "This is Alfred Hitchcock speaking to you from the bottom of the world." "I mention this so that if snow should appear on your screen, you won't waste time adjusting your set." "Ah." "Man's best friend, and a dog, too." "Even though I have all the comforts of home," "I am afraid it is time for our play, and I wouldn't want everyone to watch this standing on his head." "Well, we seem to have lost the dog, but it's nice to feel the blood rushing to my feet again." "Ladies and gentlemen, here, proper side up, is our story," ""A Little Sleep. "" "Lover, you dance like a gigolo." "Is that supposed to be a compliment?" "When it left me, it was." "When it reached you, no." "A horse's neck." "What?" "That's what I want." "Go mix me one, lover." "Oh, baby." "Let's dance." "After I get my drink." "You've had one too many now." "Who told you to keep score?" "All right, don't make a scene." "Another and another and another." "If I scream, every glass in the house will shatter." "That wouldn't stop me." "Just drink out of the bottle." "You wanna see me do it?" "No." "I'll get you a drink." "I really ought to marry you, Chris." "You'd be such a good influence on me." "I love you, Barbie." "You're my guy." "My drink, please?" "All right, Harvey, now stand on your head." "Feet up." "That's right." "Don't move." "Don't..." "If that drink is for me, I accept with profound gratitude." "It's for Barbie." "Have you seen her?" "Certainly." "I've been studying her portrait all evening" "Don't be funny." "Chris, my boy." "This painting is the very essence of Barbie Hallem." "No form or reason except when viewed through a veil of fever." "Then you begin to get the meaning." "An idiot's delight." "A nightmare run backwards." "A trauma in three acts." "You don't know what you're talking about." "Do you know where she went?" "Well, the powder room, I believe." "Hiccups any better?" "Fine." "Just stay right there" "And you'll be all right." "Champagne, please." "Don't move." "Don't just stand there, lover." "Bring me my drink." "I think I need one myself." "I'm sure I'm excused." "Barbie." "Now don't start moralizing again." "Why do you do this to me?" "Why does anybody do anything?" "I did it because I wanted to." "Are you in love with him?" "With Austin?" "Don't be silly." "He's a bore." "I wonder how he got all those women to marry him." "I should've hit him." "Of course you should have, pet." "You ought to have fought to a gory finish." "But you didn't." "This is flat." "The party's flat." "This whole bunch is flat." "Come home, Barbie." "Let me take you home." "No." "I wanna go up to the mountains." "Where?" "To the mountains." "Any objections?" "Men are much more fascinating in the mountains." "But it's 1:00." "So what?" "I've got a cabin up there someplace." "I wanna see it." "You've got a cabin?" "Since when?" "Uncle Alex left it to me in his will, pet." "Wasn't that quaint of him?" "Well, wait a second." "I'll come with you." "I don't need you." "I've been in the mountains before." "Alone." "Barbie!" "Barbie, either you let me drive or I'm getting out." "All right, get out." "Barbie!" "Get out and walk home." "Let's go back." "It's too late to be going anyplace." "Besides, you don't even have a coat on." "I'm going up to my cabin." "Here." "Put this around you." "You'll catch cold." "Is that better?" "All right." "Now you slide over and I'll drive." "All right?" "All right." "Barbie!" "There should be a motel nearby!" "Well, wait a second." "I'll come with you." "I'll stop for you on my way back." "Bye, Chris!" "Barbie!" "Thanks for the coat!" "Black coffee." "That's all." "Just coffee." "What is it?" "What's wrong?" "With them?" "They just come down off the mountain." "They've been up there all night looking for a kid." "Who?" "You didn't hear about it?" "I just got here." "You driving through?" "Then it don't matter." "How old is he?" "Who?" "The boy they're looking for." "Benny?" "He's no boy." "At least not in most ways." "He's old enough to be accountable." "Accountable for what?" "For what he did." "You don't wanna know what he did, lady." "You'd have nightmares." "What are you laughing?" "I wouldn't laugh." "Look, lady, I know your kind." "I saw you drive up in that fancy car out there." "You got a lot of money and nothing to do, huh?" "Just like her." "Like who?" "Like that girl." "What's with the Sheriff's men?" "They've been in and out all night." "Yes, I know." "I'm gonna stay." "Aren't you?" "Does it matter?" "Well, no." "I'm just kind of passing time of day." "I'm going on to the Hallem place." "You know where it is?" "Sure." "It's about 10 or 12 miles down the road." "There isn't anybody there, though." "The owner's dead." "The owner is me." "You?" "My uncle left it to me." "You better talk to Ed Mungo about that." "He looks after the place." "Who's Ed Mungo?" "He owns this cafe." "You was just talking to him." "He wasn't very friendly." "That's because of Benny." "They're brothers." "It was Ed who found her." "You mean the girl?" "She was up near the last cabin near the trees." "Her and that dog." "Did Benny hurt her?" "Well, I guess so." "He broke her neck." "Why?" "I don't know." "Maybe it was because she teased him." "Maybe it was because of that dog." "Benny never did like dogs." "He killed it, too." "But he can't get very far on foot." "Want me to get Ed for you?" "What for?" "I have a key." "Why, he looks after the place." "He don't much like people snooping around." "I own it." "You tell him just that." "I'll tell him." "You do that." "You don't need a key." "The door's open." "What are you doing here?" "I'm trespassing." "How about you?" "I own the place." "What's your name?" "Barbie." "Barbie Hallem." "Oh, well." "Well, you walk right in." "It's a very nice place." "You're just in time for dinner." "You want some?" "No, thanks." "I ate on the way." "Would you like a beer?" "I haven't got any glasses." "Who needs a glass?" "Is there any left?" "What do you do around here?" "Do?" "I don't do much of anything." "Then what are you doing in my cabin?" "Waiting." "Are you one of the sheriff's men?" "No." "Not exactly." "I'm just a trespasser." "I really got permission from Ed." "Ed Mungo?" "My brother." "I'm Benny." "What's the matter?" "Don't you want to dance?" "I think I'll be going." "Let's have another beer." "No." "What's the matter, don't you like me?" "I thought you did." "Of course." "It's not that." "I know what it is." "You're remembering..." "You're remembering about the dog." "What dog?" "Well, didn't they tell you what I did?" "No." "Sure they did." "Look, do you like dogs?" "Some kinds." "Well, so do I." "But just look at this." "Look what the dog did to me." "You see, I didn't know it was her dog because she never brought it before." "Well, maybe I should've known because it was outside her cabin, but..." "Well, I didn't." "You should've seen the way Marcella carried on." "Oh, then she'd been up here before?" "Oh, sure." "Marcella comes every week." "She likes me." "She goes for the rugged outdoor type, I guess." "Oh." "What did you do?" "After you killed the dog?" "Oh, nothing." "I just sat around and waited till Marcella quieted down and then..." "Well then, Ed came in and he ran me out." "You didn't see Ed down there, did you?" "Well, look, if you stay, you'll get a chance to meet her because Ed's gonna bring her up." "Here?" "Well, he better." "I told him last night I wouldn't go away unless he did." "Benny, when you left your cabin, was Marcella all right?" "She was fine." "She was asleep." "Then Ed came in?" "Yeah, Ed came in." "And after a while he brought me up here." "Ed brought you here?" "Well, yeah." "He told me to wait." "Did he like Marcella, too?" "That's a funny question." "Did he?" "Well, sure, he's crazy about her." "But it won't do him any good, because, well, Marcella comes to see me, not Ed." "I don't think you better wait any longer." "Why?" "Is something wrong?" "Marcella isn't coming, Benny." "What makes you say that?" "You better not wait for Ed." "You better come with me." "I'll drive you down." "Well, you see, I'm supposed to wait." "But Marcella is..." "Benny's right." "I told him to wait." "Benny, why don't you go outside and wait for me in the car?" "Did you bring Marcella, Ed?" "I told you he would." "I'll bring her right in, Ed." "You better sit down, miss." "We got some things to talk about." "I'll stand, if you don't mind." "They tell me you're the owner," "I guess you can do what you like." "I plan to." "Oh, no." "Not that." "Not till we talk, all right?" "I got to see where we stand." "We already know that." "No, Benny don't." "He don't even know what he's done." "He killed a dog." "That's all." "He doesn't even know Marcella is dead." "Well, she is." "She got just what she asked for." "Look." "I got to get Benny out of here." "I'm gonna take him over to the next county, some people I know." "Why?" "Why?" "I can't let them put Benny away." "He ain't responsible." "I figure it'll be safe enough if you drive us." "Suppose I won't do it?" "You ain't got no choice." "Ed, why don't you drive him over?" "Then come back." "I'll wait here for you." "You never learn, do you?" "You think all you gotta do is smile pretty and a man will forget everything he ever learned." "I bet you tried that on a lot of men." "Benny!" "Shut up." "You're just like her." "A fancy car and no brains." "Never know when to keep quiet." "You're crazy." "You killed that girl." "It wasn't Benny!" "Shut up or he'll hear you!" "Marcella ain't out here, Ed." "Benny." "Benny." "What's going on in here?" "Nothing, kid." "I told you to wait outside." "Ed, look." "I've been outside, but Marcella ain't there." "And your car ain't there either." "It's down the road a ways." "You'll find it." "Now, go on out there and wait for me." "All right, Ed." "But don't take all day." "Marcella isn't there." "What?" "He didn't bring her." "Ed, how come?" "How come you didn't bring her like you said?" "Why don't you tell him, Ed?" "Go ahead." "Tell him what you did to her." "Ed, you did something to Marcella?" "Benny, look, it's all right." "Ed, I told you to stay away from her." "We're going now." "I'll tell you about it in the car." "I wanna know what you did." "I didn't do anything." "He just broke her neck, that's all." "Ed, tell me it ain't true." "Tell me it ain't true, Ed." "Benny, listen..." "You did it, didn't you, Ed?" "You killed her." "You said you would and you did it!" "Benny, Benny, listen!" "You killed her, Ed." "You said you'd do it and you killed her, didn't you, Ed?" "You killed her!" "You killed her!" "Are you hurt?" "Oh, he missed me." "I'm all right." "He sure acted crazy." "Come on, I'll drive with you." "I'll get my purse." "What about him?" "Oh, leave him there." "A little sleep will do him good." "When he..." "When he wakes up, he can find his own way back." "You've got a cigarette?" "No." "Where'd you get the jacket?" "A friend of mine lent it to me." "Where is he?" "In town?" "I just made him get out of the car." "He bored me." "That's funny." "What is?" "What you just said." "You know, Marcella said the very same thing last night just before I put her to sleep." "You put her..." "Just like I did Ed." "I do it real quick." "I'll show you." "And he did, too." "Naturally, Benny was properly punished." "As is always the case on this program." "Next time we shall be back again with more crime and punishment." "Pax vobiscum."