"MAN:" "Are the parties ready in the matter of Ellen Wagstaff Arden?" "The matter of Ellen Arden!" "Present." "Good morning, sir. lt's..." "Wasn't I supposed to marry somebody?" "Yes, sir." "Let's do it." "This can wait." "This Arden case looks complicated." "But, Your Honor, the Arden case..." "[whispers]" "Yes, I know. lt's a very complicated case. lt can wait." "What?" "What?" "Who's dead?" "[whispers]" "Oh, that's very sad." "lf Your Honor, please..." "JUDGE:" "Are you Arden?" "Yes, sir." "Just as I thought." "Mr. Arden, as I understand it your wife, Ellen, was aboard a yacht in a trans-Pacific yacht race..." "...when it was lost in a storm." "Yes, sir." "What's she doing in a yacht race, a mother of two infants?" "You'll find the circumstances set forth in my brief, Your Honor." "Why did you let her go?" "She loved sailing." "They signed her on as official photographer..." "You didn't go with her?" "l had a case." "We felt she needed a change." "She had a tough time with the kids' teething." "Never mind." "You're a lawyer." "Stick to the facts." "All there in my brief." "Let me read it." "Stop interrupting." "JUDGE:" "Proof of loss?" "On page seven, I believe." "You're on page four." "I know it's four!" "Let's see..." "JUDGE:" "Here it is, page seven." ""When last seen five years ago, a wave 25 feet high..."" "Young woman, put that mirror away!" "Are you trying to blind me?" "You ought to wash your face, not paint it." "Such a thing as contempt of court." "Don't get me started on you." "Now where was I?" "Page seven." "Don't interrupt!" "Just don't interrupt me." ""The survivors agreed that the said Ellen Wagstaff Arden..."" ""Was swept overboard before aid could reach her." "Depositions appended."" "JUDGE:" "Quiet." "l could explain everything." "There's nothing to explain." "The testimony is here, signed affidavits, no contrary evidence." "The law's very clear." "[BANGS GA VEL] I hereby pronounce Ellen Arden legally dead." "Wasn't I supposed to marry somebody?" "Us." "JUDGE:" "What?" "Yes." "Already?" "lt's been five years, sir." "Five seconds in the eyes of the law." "Your wife was not dead until I said she was dead." "You don't want more time to think it over?" "No, sir." "Well..." "[GRUNTS]" "Rheumatism, sir?" "Arthritis." "WOMAN:" "Sure it's not psychosomatic?" "The price of carrying around those weighty decisions." "Are you a doctor, madam?" "No, but..." "You want to spend 3 years in jail for practicing medicine without a license?" "Sure you want to get married?" "Yes, sir." "We already have our plane reservations for Honolulu." "Marriage has always been an honorable estate, and under this estate..." "Bianca..." "Nicholas, no need to explain." "I told you I understand." "You don't understand." "Will you listen to me?" "It's about Ellen." "Not really." "Really, yes." "You just think it is." "She's your mother surrogate." "My mother's what?" "What you really needed in your first marriage wasn't so much a mate, as a mother figure." "Not so much a wife, as a soft, warm bosom for a little boy to rest his tired head on." "Now, isn't that what Ellen was?" "Well, part of her..." "So you see, there's really no need to be ashamed." "It's natural to be afraid of a relationship with a real woman." "Oh, come on now..." "Just don't lose faith in yourself." "That's all I ask." "Because I won't." "[children talking]" "LlTA:" "13, 14, 15, 16, 17." "timmy :" "I'll beat you to the pool!" "LlTA:" "21, 22, 23, 24." "timmy :" "Here's the ball." "Yahoo!" "timmy :" "How was that?" "Go!" "Hello." "timmy :" "Hello." "LlTA:" "Hello." "[DOG BARKS]" "My goodness, Tippy!" "How fat!" "What have they been feeding you?" "Silly old thing." "How does he know you?" "I used to come here long ago." "He remembers me." "He tries to bite everybody else." "Tip wouldn't bite me." "Would you, Tip?" "Tip's my friend." "Did you come here to see Mrs. Duncan?" "Yes." "I'm an old friend of hers." "You don't remember me, do you?" "No." "l do." "Don't pay any attention to her." "She's crazy." "Are you staying long?" "I don't know yet." "Would you like me to?" "l don't know where you would sleep." "l don't know either." "Yet." "But if it worked out, would you like me to stay?" "l would!" "l wouldn't mind." "Oh!" "Timothy!" "Come on." "Oh, Timmy, you hurt yourself." "Let go of me!" "Far away in the South Sea Islands when a man doesn't want people to see him cry, know what he does?" "He has somebody cry for him." "That helps?" "You'd be surprised." "Can I cry for you?" "That's silly." "l'm good at it." "l'm okay now." "Okay." "LlTA:" "I have a splinter in my foot!" "All right, let's get it out!" "Ow!" "You're faking!" "l knew you were." "lt hurts!" "It hurts!" "I used to come to see your mommy too." "She drowned." "Do you think about her?" "timmy :" "Once a year." "LlTA:" "Once a year I do too." "Only once a year?" "We take flowers to church on her birthday." "You put flowers under the window?" "Window?" "Doesn't she have a stained-glass window?" "Oh, that one. I think so." "I forgot." "LlTA:" "Daddy said we're gonna get a new mommy." "He does, really?" "LlTA:" "Bianca." "Do you like Bianca?" "Can you swim?" "Timmy, come here." "Why?" "I want to hug you." "Me too!" "You too!" "Both of you!" "You know what you two kids are?" "What?" "You're my two sweethearts." "My two best sweethearts in the whole world!" "Hey, you little rascals!" "Well, here we are!" "Home, sweet home!" "Lita, Timmy, Daddy's home." "[hammering]" "Did you order any carpentry work done, darling?" "Maybe they're hitting each other over the head." "BlANCA:" "Hello, my darlings." "timmy :" "Hi, Daddy!" "LlTA:" "Hi, Daddy!" "ls that all you've got to say?" "No presents?" "What are you two doing up there?" "Building a tree house." "A tree house?" "Come down and say hello." "We can't." "We have to finish before the rainy season." "Did the house spring a leak?" "You don't understand." "We're on the South Sea Islands." "It's probably part of their schoolwork." "You know, learn by living." "Which island are you on?" "Just an island." "One like Mrs. Tic lived on." "Mrs." "Tic?" "WOMAN:" "Ja." "Miss Ingrid Tic." "T-l-C, Tic. ls Swedish name." "Mrs. Duncan give me position to care for children." "BlANCA:" "Nice meeting you." "Shall we go in now?" "Would you take these for me?" "Oh, no, I'll take these." "ls no trouble." "We've been waiting for you to return." "Honeymoon is over?" "It's just begun." "Nicholas?" "Why is she talking like that for?" "Grownups." "Nicholas!" "Aren't you going to carry me over the threshold?" "Such a strong man." "Hm." "Ow!" "Darling, be careful!" "Dr. Schlick?" "Bianca Russell." "I mean, Bianca Arden." "Yes, it is a rather interesting slip." "I do hope you don't mind my calling late but I just got back from my honeymoon." "And I just wanted to tell you how marvelous everything is!" "Well, Nicholas does have a few little problems but I'm dealing with everything very rationally." "Yes, I am quite proud of myself." "Thanks to you, Dr. Schlick." "Oh, no!" "Everything's fine." "Just fine." "Put out the light, please, darling." "Bianca... I love to hear you say my name." "Come here." "Now where are you going?" "l forgot to turn off the light." "Oh, it's too dark." "l like it that way." "I have to tell you something." "Not until you come to bed." "Now!" "l won't listen." "You gotta listen." "Not like that!" "Go in and change!" "Nicholas, what's the matter with you?" "l don't feel so good." "Well, put on your pajamas and come to bed. I'll make you feel better." "Go on." "But come right back." "You won't fall asleep?" "l won't." "Dr. Schlick?" "Bianca Arden again." "Oh, no." "No, everything's just fine." "Well, yes." "That's exactly the way he is acting." "Well, yes, I do know it happens very often." "Well, yes, I've been very understanding." "Oh, just a minute." "Now, do what?" "Well, I am calm." "Well, yes, I've tried that too." "That's a very good idea, Dr. Schlick." "Thank you, Dr. Schlick." "[DOORBELL rings]" "[ELLEN LAUGHS]" "[DOORBELL]" "[splashing]" "ELLEN:" "Ooh!" "Ah!" "Ellen!" "Get out of there!" "[DOORBELL rings]" "Get back in." "Ooh!" "ELLEN:" "Come on." "The water's so refreshing." "You know, after you finish doing you know." "BlANCA:" "Nicholas!" "Coming." "Be right there." "Nicholas!" "Oh, no, no, no." "Dear, there's a draft out there." "Sit down here." "You'll catch cold." "[DOORBELL rings]" "Put this on." "[DOORBELL rings]" "How are you?" "I'm sorry to disturb you so late." "I'm from the American Insurance Company." "Come in. I need all I can get." "Thank you." "Right up here." "I did meet you at a den father's pack night." "We'll have a drink." "l don't drink, but you go ahead." "All right." "Forgive me for getting you up." "l'm glad you came." "My, you have a lovely place here." "You like it?" "l hope you've got everything covered." "Completely." "[splashing]" "Swimming at this hour?" "We're an outdoor family." "Listen to the splashing." "Must be the breaststroke." "l hope the pool is heated." "lt's being heated right now." "Now, Mr. Arden." "Have you had any communication from your first wife, Ellen Wagstaff Arden?" "What?" "Any letters, phone calls, telegrams?" "No." "Just as I thought." "Our district manager's a fussbudget." "He wants to check everything." "Of course, it's customary when we put out so much money." "But this is so ridiculous." "What are you talking about?" "They have a report, actually a rumor that a woman answering the description of your first wife was picked up by an American submarine." "To tell you the truth..." "As was a young man answering the description of Stephen Burkett who was reported drowned when your wife was. lt's absurd." "Would you say that again?" "lt's not worth repeating." "A man was rescued at the same time as my wife?" "No." "A young man, according to this unverified rumor." "They were on this island for five years?" "Ridiculous, isn't it?" "What else did he hear?" "Nothing, really." "But he talked to someone who spoke to one of the sailors." "Well, I have it here." "The sailor said, "The woman called the man Adam."" "Adam?" "A far cry from Stephen." "It's just too absurd." "What did he call her?" "Eve." "Eve?" "Adam and Eve." "A delightful fancy!" "Yeah, delightful." "I guess I'll run along." "Thank you so much." "I'm sorry to trouble you." "But that manager gets my dander up." "He never admits he's wrong." "I can't wait to see his face." "Don't bother. I know my way out." "Oh, do you mind?" "No, go right ahead." "Thank you." "Adam and Eve." "Ooh!" "Ah!" "Enjoy your swim?" "l took moonlight swims on the island." "With Adam?" "Adam?" "Did you swim with Adam, Eve?" "Oh." "Adam and Eve." "l was afraid you'd misunderstand." "Misunderstand?" "You spend five years on an island with a strange man..." "Would it be better if I knew him?" "And it slips her mind?" "I was gonna tell you, but you get upset about little things." "Little things?" "You misunderstand." "He was getting the boat and broke his leg." "He was laid up for six months." "That leaves four and a half years." "All you think about is the way I behaved with a poor little man." "Why don't you think about telling her your wife's back?" "No, that wouldn't occur to you." "l was gonna." "How long does it take a man to tell a woman that his wife's back?" "Shh!" "That his wife's back!" "Shh!" "I just did it in two seconds." "You've had two days!" "Don't change the subject." "Any excuse." "That's why you're picking on him." "If you could see gentle, harmless Adam." "l'd like to see him. I'd thank him." "l've done that." "l want him to know how grateful I am." "l told him you'd be." "Where is he?" "The YMCA." "The YMCA?" "Yes." "He lives at the YMCA and he loves it at the YMCA." "What else do you want to know?" "Yes?" "He's not there?" "Thank you." "Morning." "I want you to find a Stephen Burkett." "Drop everything else." "I tried the hotels." "You try the clubs." "The YMCA?" "l tried the YMCA." "Just find him." "Yes, sir." "Miss Worth, come here." "Sit down." "From a woman's point of view." "Yes, sir?" "I have a client who's in great distress." "You see, his wife has been unfaithful to him." "For how long?" "What's that got to do with it?" "Some people look at these things one way, and some look at it another." "Five years." "She must have been smooth." "The circumstances were highly unusual." "The wife should be forgiven." "Always?" "You bawl her out a little." "You don't want her to keep at it." "But to err is human and all that." "And if the husband..." "That's different." "He has a wife waiting for him at home." "Thank you." "Just find Stephen Burkett." "Yes, sir." "Going out with the children, Mrs. Tic?" "ls my day off, madam." "Dr. Schlick, the pattern is clear now." "It's practically a textbook case." "There's one thing that bothers me." "Oh?" "I could understand it if I repelled him." "But his not being able to..." "That would be more understandable." "l know that Nicholas is mad about me." "l see." "That's why it's so maddening!" "This shyness." "Well, now." "Now, you say that even though..." "Oh, there you are." "That won't be necessary here." "Yes, just get right up." "Even on your wedding night...?" "That's right, doctor." "Even though you...?" "Naturally." "including...?" "Of course." "Mm-hm." "Amazing." "You know, it's almost as if..." "Oh, it is, indeed." "Yes." "Also..." "Really?" "Even, I..." "Extraordinary." "And you tried a little of...?" "Yes." "Well, then, I don't..." "Yeah, uh..." "The man must be crazy." "l hope not." "I'd like to think that Nicholas is just simply insecure." "But he's got me so upset!" "Yes. I can see that, yes." "Will you stay with me today?" "Oh, well, I..." "Not here." "We'll go out." "For lunch." "I have finished my analysis." "You wouldn't have to worry about any rule." "What rule?" "Would you?" "Well, I do have other appointments, but..." "Could I use your phone?" "Yes, of course." "Thank you." "Stephen Burkett, please." "He's not in his room?" "Would you have him paged please?" "MAN:" "Paging Mr. Burkett." "Call for Mr. Stephen Burkett." "Mr. Burkett." "Mr. Burkett?" "Mr. Burkett?" "Mr Burkett?" "Mr. Burkett!" "MAN:" "Admiral!" "Mr. Burkett!" "WOMAN:" "Someone's calling you." "Mr." "Burkett?" "BURKETT :" "Hey, right over here, boy!" "Mr. Burkett, pick up the phone please!" "Right!" "Stephen Burkett." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I guess they'll call back." "Come on, gals, let's go for a dip." "Are you being waited on?" "Not yet." "l could wait on you." "Thank you." "Do you have this shoe in a 6 1/2 AAA?" "We have that in all sizes." "lf you sit here, I'll get it." "Thank you." "We carry that model in genuine Bengal crocodile." "That's the true or saltwater crocodile." "Found also in South China, Australia, the Fiji Islands." "There is the freshwater crocodile found in Rhodesia and North America." "But they make inferior footwear." "Are you free for lunch?" "That is, inferior footwear is made from them." "The crocodiles themselves don't make..." "Would you have lunch with me?" "I... I bring my lunch to the store." "I'd be so grateful if you'd take it out." "I guess my foot's grown!" "Go barefoot for five and a half years!" "Nick." "Nick?" "Yes?" "l want you to meet Adam." "Adam?" "Stephen, really." "Stephen Burkett." "You wanted to meet him, didn't you?" "Well, here he is." "Here he is!" "Well, so this is Adam." "Pleased to meet you, Nick." "Sit down, Adam." "Take a load off your feet." "Thank you. I don't have much time." "I'm reporting to a geographic society on the island's flora and fauna." "I was very excited by the island's vegetation." "I spent so much time on research, I wasn't good company for your wife." "Oh, I'm sure she understood." "Eve said you had some questions you wanted to ask me, Nick." "He has." "Ask him, ask him anything." "Well, let me see." "What kind of an island was it?" "An ordinary island, wouldn't you say?" "Like the rest." "Small island?" "Not small." "Not large." "Medium." "Jungle?" "Jungle?" "Yeah, trees, vines?" "Trees, yes." "No vines?" "Yes, vines too." "Water?" "Yes, all around." "That's the nicest thing about Adam." "He doesn't talk your ear off." "l suppose you lived in tree houses?" "Well..." "Huts." "We lived in huts." "Separate huts." "Even for the rainy season?" "When it rained, we moved to the trees." "Separate trees." "Anything else?" "I don't think so." "I got a good, clear picture." "Then shall I be running along?" "Must you?" "Well, the geographic society insists on punctuality." "Drop in again, Adam." "We'll talk about flora and fauna." "Thank you." "Goodbye, Eve." "Goodbye, Adam." "Watch it." "Satisfied?" "Completely." "Now, aren't you ashamed of those suspicions you had?" "Terribly." "CUK OR:" "Cut it." "Good!" "Thank you." "Subtitles by sdl Media Group" "[english SDH]"