Assignment to Kill

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Aah!

Are you all right?

May I help you?

Mr. Eversley, please.

Do you have an appointment?

Yes.

Who should I say is calling?

His 11:
00 appointment.

There's a gentlemen here who...

Yes, of course.

I'll show you to Mr. Eversley's office.

Thank you.

This way, please.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

May I take your hat and coat?

Thank you.

Morning.

I'm Carlton Eversley.

How do you do?

This is the executive

vice president of our company,

Mr. Peter Bohlen.

Please sit down, Mr. Cutting.

I think it's fairly obvious.

That Mr. Bohlen disapproves.

Of your presence here.

I don't disapprove. I resent it.

I resent your calling him,

And I'm against any connection.

This man may have with our company.

I told you

I'd make it a condition

of his employment.

That he in no way infers

he's even retained by us.

Trust him?

Not completely.

All right, then. Why...

Because our men... your men.

Haven't turned up one

shred of evidence in a year.

Because there's nothing to turn up.

I don't believe it.

And I don't think you

really believe it either, Peter.

Have you ever heard of Curt Valayan?

I've heard the name.

He lives in Switzerland.

He deals in oil, tankers, munitions.

You name it.

ships were lost at sea.

Of which we are one,

Paid out a total of $15 million.

We all paid because we couldn't find.

A reason for not paying.

But none of us liked the situation.

The case was closed.

What's changed?

Just one thing.

We all felt that the

key... if there was a key...

Was a man by the name of Walter Green.

He worked for Valayan.

Last December, he was

flying up to see him,

And his plane was lost in a storm.

In the mountains. This morning,

Some skiers found the wreckage.

They'll start digging

it out tomorrow morning.

Now, when they find Green,

They may find other things...

Papers, records, I don't know.

You could be there tomorrow morning.

There's a plane for

Zurich at 9:
00 tonight.

I'll read this and let you know.

Our investigators don't carry guns.

Do you carry a gun?

Uh-huh.

May I see it?

No.

Why not?

I wouldn't be carrying it.

You would.

Cutting.

If you do decide to take this job,

Look out for one man in that setup:

Matt Wilson.

Have any of your own investigators.

Had any unusual experience on this?

One man did,

But it had nothing to do with the case.

I see.

How'd he die?

It was an automobile accident.

Police said it was his own fault.

Why should he have

asked a question like that?

I never said he

wasn't a good investigator.

I just don't like the way he works.

Heinrich.

How are they doing?

They found the pilot and the copilot,

But there is a passenger, too.

What are the chances of finding him?

If he is there, they find him.

Thank you.

Well, then keep looking.

Of course we'll keep looking,

But I don't believe we'll find him.

Why?

Because we've covered the area.

In which the body should be.

Have you seen the wreck, Mr. Wilson?

No.

The way the plane crashed, a passenger,

If he was in the back of the plane,

Might have survived and walked away.

If he did, what village

could he have reached on foot?

There's Riehen and there's Marville.

Marville is farther,

But a man running

away from a plane crash.

In a storm wouldn't know that.

But then what happened to him?

What happened if he's alive?

Maybe he's got amnesia.

I'd like to examine the

wreckage if you don't mind.

Oh, of course. You'll see what I mean.

About the possibility

of a man surviving.

Good morning.

I wonder if you could help me.

I'll try. Sit down.

Thank you.

Were you on duty last December 5?

I'm on duty every day of the year.

Except 3 weeks in August.

December 5.

Does it have to do with a man?

Yes.

A man who said he had an accident...

An automobile accident.

He might have said that.

What's your question?

What happened to him?

First, he pointed out on the map.

Where the accident happened.

Then he gave me his

name and address in Zurich.

And then he hired Johan...

he owns the taxi here...

To take him to Zurich.

Why do you remember him so well?

There was no automobile accident.

The name was false,

And there was no such address in Zurich.

It's easy to remember.

Do you mind if I go in here for a while?

Why?

There are 2 men coming

in I'd rather not see.

Are they looking for you?

They don't know I'm here.

All right,

But close the door.

Maybe I don't want you to

hear what they are going to say.

Fair enough.

Good morning.

I wonder if you might

be able to help me.

I am interested in something

that happened last December.

Well, I am on duty

here every day of the year.

Except 3 weeks in August.

Did you see or hear

anything about an injured man.

In the area around December 5?

A man who might have been.

In an automobile accident?

Yes.

I remember a man who

came in about that time.

In an automobile accident.

He didn't seem to be hurt.

I got him a taxi, and he left.

Does the taxi driver live here in town?

Mm-hmm. Just down the street.

There's a sign.

It says "taxi."

Thank you very much.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Why are you interested in this man, too?

You sound as though somebody else.

Has been interested in him.

That's right.

Who?

Me.

Oh.

There was a plane crash.

A passenger we assumed

was killed might not have been.

Oh, the crash on the glacier.

Yes.

Of course. I should have

thought of that before.

Well, that explains everything.

Almost everything.

Thank you.

Thank you.

They didn't ask about you,

So I didn't say anything.

Do you know anything

else that I didn't ask you?

Yes.

What?

Johan dropped that fellow off.

At the railway station in Zurich.

It's a dead end,

But they have to wait

Because Johan just took some tourists.

Down the valley.

Thanks for the head start.

Tell me, how are you

going to find the man.

In a big city like Zurich?

I'll start with last

year's telephone directory.

That's so simple.

But if it was the same fellow,

Why didn't he say who he was?

Why didn't he talk about the air crash?

Why did he lie?

See?

It's not so simple.

Mr. Green, may his soul rest in peace,

Had the front apartment upstairs.

And you say he never had any visitors?

Just the girl.

I see. Just the girl.

Uh-huh. Miss Laurant.

Miss Dominique Laurant.

Of course.

His secretary.

Part-time secretary.

You had her telephone number?

Her telephone number and her address.

It must still be in the little book.

I wonder if I could trouble you.

For her telephone number and address.

No trouble at all.

I have it right here.

Now let me see. Yt should be here.

Ah, here it is.

Ah, see?

Miss Dominique Laurant.

You will probably find

Miss Laurant at the King's Club.

She goes there a great deal.

Thank you very much.

Are you connected with the other man.

Who was asking for her?

You mean a tall fellow?

Sort of needs a haircut.

Yes, yes, that's the one.

When was he here?

Not more than 10 minutes ago.

Yes, I am connected with him.

Thank you very much.

Uh, excuse me, excuse me.

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