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YES, THANK YOU.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?

SOME SCOTCH. STRAIGHT, PLEASE.

YOU HAVEN'T FOUND WHA YOU'RE LOOKING FOR,

YOU'RE EMBARRASSED ABOU BOTHERING ME AGAIN,

HOWEVER THERE WERE ONE OR TWO

QUESTIONS MORE YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ME.

IT'S SOMETHING PERSONAL AND

YOU WON'T BOTHER ME ANYMORE.

I HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

I FEEL EMBARRASSED ABOUT BOTHERING YOU.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO MORE

QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU.

IT'S SOMETHING PERSONAL AND

I WON'T BOTHER YOU ANYMORE.

YOU'RE UP TO SOMETHING, WANT MY HELP

AND YOU WON'T TELL ME WHAT IT IS. WHY?

YOU'RE A VERY SMART LADY,

YOU KNOW THAT.

YES.

I DRINK TOO MUCH.

I GET IN TROUBLE A LOT BECAUSE

I TALK TOO MUCH.

SOMETIMES I HAVE AN IMAGINATION

THAT'S A BIT TOO VIVID.

SOMETHING'S WRONG AND

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

BELIEVE ME, I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING

TO HARM YOU OR YOUR HUSBAND, I SWEAR.

WHAT ARE YOU AFTER?

I'M TAKING A TERRIBLE

RISK TELLING YOU THIS.

YOU MAY THROW ME OUT OF HERE AND

I DO NOT WANT TO BE THROWN OUT.

I DON'T THINK YOUR HUSBAND IS THE KIND

OF MAN WHO MAKES MISTAKES,

NO MATTER HOW FAR AWAY HE MAY BE.

I THINK HE WAS TRYING

TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

WHAT?

WHAT DID YOU DO AT FLAT ROCK?

NOTHING MUCH.

WE CAME HOME AFTER ONE DAY

BECAUSE CHARLES GOT SICK.

WHAT'D YOU DO THAT ONE DAY?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE TOWN.

THEY HAVE THOSE TOURS.

AND...

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT.

WE TOOK SOME HOME MOVIES.

DO YOU HAVE THEM?

YES.

MAY I SEE THEM?

YES.

THEY WERE MAKING A MOVIE

THE DAY WE WERE THERE.

BRU GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF IT.

HE NEVER KNEW IT TOOK SO MUCH TIME

TO JUST DO ONE SIMPLE SCENE.

CHARLES LOVES THAT ONE.

HE WASN'T IN THE GREATEST MOOD.

HE DIDN'T KNOW IT BUT HE WAS SICK.

BRU WAS FASCINATED WITH THE DETAIL.

HE COULDN'T GET OVER HOW SOMETHING

SO FAKE COULD LOOK SO REAL.

HE KEPT ON SAYING THAT WITH

THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY

YOU COULD CONVINCE PEOPLE

OF ALMOST ANYTHING.

THERE'S THIS GUY, YOU SEE!

HE TAKES A TRIP TO EUROPE.

IT'S HIS FIRST VACATION

IN A LONG TIME.

HE SEES THE SIGHTS, YOU KNOW?

HE HAS A REAL GOOD TIME.

ANYWAY,

AFTER A WHILE HE DECIDES TO CALL HOME.

HE GET HIS BROTHER ON THE PHONE

AND THE GUY SAYS TO HIS BROTHER,

'HOW'S EVERYTHING AT HOME? '

AND HIS BROTHER SAYS,

'YOUR... YOUR CAT DIED.'

AND THE GUY SAYS TO HIS BROTHER,

'YOU SHOULDN'T TELL ME

BAD NEWS LIKE THAT.'

'YOU SHOULD

BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY.

YOU KNOW...

YOU SHOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE,

'THE CAT CRAWLED OUT ON THE ROOF

AND THE WAS CHASING THE SQUIRRELS

AND...

HE GOT STUCK.

WE HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMEN AND WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT THERE,

A FIREMAN CRAWLED UP,

HE GRABBED THE CA AND ON THE WAY DOWN HE SLIPPED

AND THE CAT FELL TO THE GROUND.'

'THEY HAD TO TAKE THE CAT TO THE VET.

THEY TRIED TO SAVE THE CAT.

THEY EVEN OPERATED

ON THE CAT.

BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

THEY COULDN' SAVE THE CAT.'

THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD BREAK

BAD NEWS, LIKE THAT.'

SO THE GUY SAYS TO HIS BROTHER,

'HOW'S MOM? '

AND THE BROTHER SAYS,

'SHE'S ON THE ROOF.

GET IT?

SHE'S ON THE ROOF.

SHE'S ON THE ROOF.

GET IT? '

YES?

WHICH ONE?

WHAT DIRECTION WAS HE GOING?

BRUBAKER IS GOING WEST.

PUT EVERYBODY WEST.

CAULFIELD.

RIGHT NOW?

OKAY.

HOW NICE OF YOU TO JOIN US HERE!

LISTEN, I THINK I GOT SOMETHING.

YOU NEED A DERMATOLOGIST?

DON'T TELL ME, I'LL GET IT.

GEORGE RAFT! RIGHT?

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?

I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU.

I THINK I'M ONTO SOMETHING. IT COULD BE

YOUR ACTUAL BALL GAME. I MEAN IT.

GOLLY, GEE, SCOOP, THAT SOUNDS

VERY INTERESTING!

SOMETHING IS WRONG. SOMETHING BIG.

THEY KNOW I'M ONTO IT AND

THEY TRIED TO KILL ME.

WHO'S THEY?

I CAN'T TELL YOU.

WHY NOT?

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME.

YOU DON'T THINK SO?

OKAY, LISTEN TO ME.

I GOT A TIP FROM A FRIEND,

A GOOD FRIEND, THEN HE DISAPPEARED.

DISAPPEARED?

LIKE HE NEVER EXISTED. THERE'S SOME

LADY LIVING IN HIS APARTMENT.

HIS APARTMENT IS ALL DIFFERENT.

SHE SAID SHE'S BEEN LIVING THERE

FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

I CHECKED THE BUILDING RENTAL OFFICE.

THEY HAVE RECEIPTS FROM HER

FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

I CHECKED NASA PERSONNEL.

THEY HAVE NO RECORD

MY FRIEND EVER WORKED THERE.

THEY SAY THEY NEVER EVEN HEARD

OF HIM.

SO THIS FRIEND OF YOURS,

WHO WORKS AT NASA,

GIVES YOU A TIP, THEN DISAPPEARS.

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HE NEVER LIVED IN

HIS APARTMENT OR WORKED AT NASA.

THIS IS THE GUY THAT GAVE YOU THE TIP

ON YOUR COSMIC SCOOP,

AND YOU THINK I WON'T BELIEVE YOU?

MY CAR!

SOMEONE TAMPERED WITH MY CAR!

THE ONE YOU DECIDED TO GO

SWIMMING WITH?

THEY DID SOMETHING TO IT!

I COULDN'T STOP IT!

CAN YOU PROVE THAT?

THE POLICE SAID...

THEY SAID THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG.

AND YOU THINK I WON'T BELIEVE YOU.

SOMEBODY TOOK A SHOT AT ME!

WHEN?

YESTERDAY.

THANK GOD, I'VE GOT AN ALIBI!

I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH!

LISTEN TO ME AND LISTEN GOOD.

I DON'T LIKE YOU, CAULFIELD.

YOU'RE AMBITIOUS.

YOU THINK THE WAY TO GET AHEAD IS TO

COME UP WITH THE SCOOP OF THE CENTURY.

WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN WERE GOOD

REPORTERS. THAT'S HOW THEY DID IT.

NOT BY TELLING ME THEY'VE LOCATED

PATTY HEARST THREE TIMES, LIKE YOU DID.

OR THAT BRILLIANT PIECE OF INVESTIGATIVE

JOURNALISM YOU PULLED OFF,

BY FINDING AN EYEWITNESS TO THE 2ND

GUNMAN IN THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

THE SMALL FACT THAT THE MAN HAD BEEN

IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION AT THE TIME,

NEVER DETERRED YOU,

NOT SCOOP CAULFIELD!

NOW, MOST REPORTERS ARE LIKE ME.

THEY ARE PLODDERS.

THEY SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME CHECKING

LITTLE THINGS..., LIKE FACTS.

THEY COVER MUNDANE STORIES

LIKE WARS,

AND TRIALS AND HEARINGS.

YOU NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME

IN YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE

TO STOOP SO LOW AS TO COVER A STORY.

YOU OCCUPY YOUR TIME WITH TIPS FROM

PEOPLE WHO NEVER EXISTED,

DRIVING YOUR CAR INTO WATER AND THEN

CLAIMING IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT,

GETTING SHOT AT BY UNSEEN GUNMEN.

NOW, I REALLY HATE TO INTERRUP YOUR METEORIC CAREER

WITH SOMETHING SO PLEBEIAN

AS A LEGITIMATE STORY.

HOWEVER,

A TRAINLOAD OF PROPANE GAS

HAD THE BAD TASTE

TO DERAIL NEAR GALVESTON AND THERE'S

A WHOLE TOWN THAT JUST MIGHT BLOW UP.

SO IT WOULD BE JUST REALLY

PEACHY OR YOU:

IF YOU WOULD JOIN YOU FILM CREW

THAT'S WAITING FOR YOU ON THE PLANE

AT THIS VERY MOMENT WHILE WE SPEAK.

THAT WAS A SPEECH.

I THOUGHT SO.

I CANNOT GO TO GALVESTON RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK I HEARD YOU.

LOOK,

WHEN A REPORTER TELLS

HIS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR

THAT HE THINKS HE MAY BE ONTO

SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REALLY BIG,

THE ASSIGNMENT EDITOR'S SUPPOSE

TO SAY,

'YOU GOT FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, KID,

AND YOU BETTER COME UP

WITH SOMETHING GOOD

OR IT'S GONNA BE YOUR NECK.'

THAT'S WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO SAY!

I SAW IT IN A MOVIE!

GET YOUR ASS ON THAT PLANE!

I CAN'T! I HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS!

AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT THIS

EARTH-SHATTERING STORY IS?

IT SOUNDS TOO CRAZY.

IF I TOLD YOU, I'D BE IN MORE TROUBLE.

YOU'RE NOT CRAZY! I'M CRAZY!

I'M CRAZY FOR LISTENING!

AND I'M CRAZY FOR SAYING WHA I'M ABOUT TO SAY!

I'LL GIVE YOU TWENTY-FOUR HOURS

COME UP WITH SOMETHING!

NOT FORTY-EIGHT! I SAW THE MOVIE, TOO,

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