Black Angel Page #4

It is?

Then it's yours.

Don't worry.

It's my business

to clip people, so...

why shouldn't I give a clip

to somebody I like?

Any reason why

you shouldn't accept it?

Oh. Martin.

I thought your association

was strictly professional.

Yes, we're...

We're just partners.

That's good.

Look.

Isn't it nice?

Thank you,

Mr. Marko.

I forgot.

I'm so careless.

And now, here's

really something.

I've been saving it

for a special occasion.

Good evening,

Mr. Mitchell.

Hello, Freddie.

Haven't been in lately.

I've been taking in

some of the new spots.

This is Jack Martin...

of Carver and Martin.

This is Mr. George Mitchell,

Jack.

Happy to know you.

Hi.

What'll it be? The usual?

Yeah.

[Band:
Dixieland]

[Music Stops]

[Applause]

Say, who's the doll

with Marko?

Miss Carver,

my partner.

Ooh.

So that's the girl.

Here you are,

Mr. Mitchell. House.

Thanks.

Cheers, Freddie.

Nice meeting you.

[Band:
Swing]

Hello,

Mr. Mitchell.

How are you, Charles?

Hi, Marko.

Why, hello.

Won't you join us?

Thanks.

Miss Carver, may I present

the most harmless man in town...

George Mitchell.

Oh, the columnist.

How do you do?

I do all right.

Haven't I seen you somewhere?

Seattle?

No.

I'm afraid not.

This is my first

engagement in Los Angeles.

My mistake and hard luck.

I dropped in to see

if you'd like to go to the Bowl.

I've got tickets.

What's on?

Oh, Shostakovich,

isn't it?

The seventh.

[Mitchell]

Good exercise

for your musical appreciation.

Yes, very tempting,

but thank you just the same.

Okay.

Some other time.

Why don't you go?

It'll do you good.

I'll be here

when you get back.

Sure. Maybe I can dream up

a nice plug for her and,

of course, for Rio's.

Huh. Who am I to turn down

free advertising?

Perhaps an evening with

Shostakovich might prove

very... enlightening, what?

[Music Stops]

[Applause]

Be a good girl,

Catherine.

Where'd they go?

To the Bowl.

Good.

That columnist

was at the trial.

He might have recognized me.

We've got to risk that. This

looks like the ideal moment.

What's the combination?

No, Marty.

That's my job.

If anyone's gonna stick

their neck out from now on,

it's going to be me.

You can't. You go on

for dinner music in a minute.

That can wait.

No, Marty!

[Sighs]

Well, I'll keep an eye on him.

If he starts up

these stairs, I'll segue into

"Moonlight Sonata." Right?

Thanks.

[Piano]

Tell him to come at once.

It's very important.

Thank you.

Lucky.

I was just

having a sandwich.

Yeah? Look.

[Music Stops]

["Moonlight Sonata"]

[Door Closes]

[Music Stops]

So this is why you wanted me

to go to the concert,

Mrs. Bennett.

George Mitchell told you.

What do you take me for,

a sucker?

I knew it.

Knew it all the time.

Huh.

All right.

Where are they?

You know what I mean.

The box and the letter.

I want them.

If you knew who I was,

why did you...

Look, Catherine, I liked you.

And if Mrs. Kirk Bennett

wants to make a new start,

that's her business.

Great respect for that,

but unfortunately,

I'm a very suspicious man.

Why do you think I laid that

little trap, and let you

see the combination?

Simple, isn't it?

Now may I have the box

and the letter?

Remember, Catherine,

you promised me to be a good girl.

Let me out of here.

That's entirely

up to you... and Lucky.

Let me go.!

Let me go!

Ow.!

Go ahead. Scream.

No one can hear you.

Wastepaper... basket.

Oh.

All right.

That's enough, Lucky.

Oh. I came in too soon.

You didn't have time to open it.

- But you know what's in it.

- Yes.

- Mavis tell your husband?

- I'll ask the questions

from here, Marko.

Oh, Marty, I couldn't

get the box open.

Marty.

Unlock it, Marko.

How much hush money

do you want?

Open that box.

What's your price?

Our price is

what's in the box.

I can take him.

It might be interesting

if you tried.

I wouldn't.

I thought you'd

never get here.

What did you people

want to fool with Marko for?

He's got an alibi.

[Marty]

His alibi means nothing.

Take a look in this box.

What's in it?

Nothing of any interest

to you whatsoever.

I'll be the judge of that.

Better open it.

You realize that

this is quite illegal.

I agree.

Open it.

- Who's this?

- It's my daughter.

Are you kiddin'?

You don't have to read it.

It's only

her birth certificate.

Ohhh.

It was your daughter

who married...

[Marko]

That doesn't concern you

or anybody else.!

I want nobody to know that

she's the daughter of a man

who served time. Understand?

Sure.

All right.

Mavis was the only one

who did know.

[Flood]

And you tried to shut her up

with that 5,000.

Yeah. As it turned out,

I could have

saved the money.

Yeah.

Satisfied?

No ruby brooch.

You've just gotta

play detective, don't you?

Do I go around playin' piano?

He was there.

Marty saw him.

Sure he did. So did I.

That's where I picked him up,

at 10:
45... more than an hour

before the murder.

I just wanted to have

a little chat with him about a

suddenly dead ex-partner of his.

Didn't know

anything about that,

did you, Marko?

You let me go,

didn't you?

Mavis wasn't killed

until after 12:
00.

He had plenty of time.

No, he didn't.

I was still talking to him...

when the phone call

came into headquarters.

You mean we...

All this time,

just wasted.

[Sobbing]

Let her cry it out.

Cathy?

I've gotta

talk to you.

Marty, please.

But I've got to.

It's important.

Nothing's important anymore.

That's what I wanted

to talk to you about.

He's gonna die, Marty.

Kirk's gonna die.

You did all you could.

So did I.

I even convinced myself

he was innocent.

He is.

I won't give up...

until that brooch

is found.

It won't be found.

Can't you see?

He took it himself...

and destroyed it.

It was never meant to be found.

Do you believe that?

You gotta face it, Cathy.

He killed her.

They were two of a kind...

Mavis and Kirk.

Don't let him do this to you.

You gotta go on.

I can't.

I just can't.

That's what I thought once...

until you came along.

I needed someone.

I still do.

We both need someone.

We need each other, Cathy.

Please don't.

I knew from

the very beginning...

that you were

everything I wanted...

and everything I'd missed.

It has to be

you and me, Cathy.

[Inhales]

Marty, I can't.

There's only been one man.

There can only be

one man... ever.

You don't mean that.

I should have

told you before.

I just couldn't bear to

have you hurt like that again.

Very considerate.

I'm sorry.

Whiskey.

[Man On Radio]

The citrus growers are very

concerned about the situation...

and feel something

should be done immediately.

In Sacramento,

the fate of the bill was

in doubt for some time.

However, after

a bitter debate on the floor,

it was rejected by the legislature

by a vote of 49 to 40.

San Quentin prison.

Mrs. Kirk Bennett

arrived by plane tonight...

to say good-bye to her husband

who dies in the gas chamber...

at 10:
00 tomorrow morning for

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