Eyes in the Night Page #3

I'll take a look in the other room.

Haven't you forgotten

one important item?

What? The body?

Nobody here.

Nobody!

It's gone!

She said I it was in

front of the fireplace.

It ain't here now, Mac, I assure you.

Any bloodstains on the rug?

The rug is like the

body - There ain't any -

Not in front of the fireplace.

Okay.

Hmm, polished floor.

A lot of dust.

Hmm.

Seems to form a curved line.

There was a rug here,

and it was taken away,

Recently, after he was killed.

He ain't in there. They

must have carted him away.

I don't get it about the rug.

I catch. Bloodstains.

They're gonna get it cleaned.

Did it ever occur to you

That they might have used

the rug to carry the body out?

Right. Right!

Get a hold of the janitor.

See if he can get a

line on Gerente's friends

Who might have visited him tonight.

Right! And I'll see if a

stiff was taken out in a rug.

No! Don't mention

anything about a stiff!

You want us both thrown into jail?

Don't you know what we're doing

May be termed conspiring

to defeat justice?

Certainly I know it.

Turn out the lights.

Come on, Friday, through the door.

Let's see what we can find out

About the late, departed Mr. Gerente.

Ahh, here's the clothes closet.

When Marty gets back,

We'll have a look

through Gerente's effects.

Under the bed, Friday.

Keep your mouth shut.

I want Rossmore 555.

My number?

Murray hill 44598.

Hello, Rossmore 555?

This is Gabriel. That you, Vera?

Yes, I'm all right.

I know, but somebody

has to do the dirty work.

It's part of the job.

All right, I'll be back soon.

Now, baby, stop worrying about me.

Just a minute. I don't

know yet. Call you back.

Let go! Get away!

Friday, get out of the way!

Let go of my neck.

Now, you better lay quiet,

or I'll disconnect it for you.

Thank you, sir. Now,

go get Marty, quick!

Get up on your feet.

Get up on your feet and face that wall!

Come on, who hired you?

I bet you've been questioned a lot.

You know how to keep your

mouth shut, don't you?

What's this? Marty.

This is Gabriel.

He gossips like a magpie.

Oh, charming!

Mac, you're gonna have

to give up popcorn.

You get the dizziest prizes.

Come on, Gabriel, tell us

what you did with the body.

You ought to know better

Than to go around knocking

people's brains out, Gabriel.

What did he do to you,

steal a tire from you?

All right, see if I can guess.

You planned to kill

Gerente someplace else.

There was a sudden quarrel,

And you had to do it

here to shut him up.

You didn't want the body found here,

So you took it away in a rug.

You rang the bell that time, Mac.

Now maybe you'll tell us why you

didn't want the body found here.

No? All right.

That means I got to make a trip.

Friday...

go get the harness.

You take him up to our house.

Entertain him. Maybe you

can influence him to talk.

Friday.

Where you going? Up

to Norma Lawry's house.

Gabriel telephoned someone up there.

If you find out anything, call me.

Take me outside, Friday.

You can turn around now, Gabriel.

Oh, you got the hat, Friday?

There we are. Thank you, sir.

Is that guy blind?

Demoralizing, ain't it?

Why, Mrs. Lawry, I thought

you were going with Mr. Lawry.

I changed my mind at the last minute.

Is miss Barbara home?

No, madam.

Miss Cheli Scott phoned

a few minutes ago.

There's an emergency rehearsal.

Thank you, Hansen.

The lyrics are just novelty, but -

Novelty? They're tripe!

Here's miss Lawry, miss Scott.

Oh, hello, Barbara.

I'm sorry I'm late, Cheli.

That's all right, Barbara.

Come down here a minute. I

have something to tell you.

The rest of you can relax.

Come and sit down here.

Something unpleasant

has happened, Barbara.

Paul Gerente won't

- What about him?

He's quit the show.

He did? When?

He telephoned at 7:00.

He didn't give us a moment's notice.

He said he was going away for a while.

Barbara...

I know you were interested in him.

Perhaps it's just as well.

He couldn't be depended on,

And your new leading man

is a much better actor.

You have a brilliant career

ahead of you, Barbara.

You mustn't let anything

Come between you and the

realization of that career.

I'm very fond of you.

I want you to know

that what happens to you

Is of the deepest concern to me.

Thank you, Cheli.

All right, everybody, we'll

concentrate on the scenes

Between miss Lawry and Mr. Boyd.

Mr. Anderson, Mr. Bush,

We won't be getting to

you gentlemen tonight.

You can be dismissed.

Thank you, miss Scott.

All right, Mr. Boyd, start

with the scene in the garden.

Pick it up on "I'm afraid

I'll never understand, Peggy. "

Come in.

Well, is everything all right?

All set, captain.

How did the Lawry girl take

the story about Gerente?

There's no trouble.

Cheli will keep her

rehearsing till we're through.

Good.

Come on. Let's get started.

Shh! No noise. We've

got to work quietly.

We're alone in the house, aren't we?

Well, not quite. Mrs.

Lawry changed her mind.

She came home at the last moment.

That's not good.

We are supposed to have

the house to ourselves.

Mrs. Lawry has gone to

bed. She's a sound sleeper.

We'll go ahead as

planned. It's pretty risky.

I think I -

There's a paper in that safe

That's worth 10 armored divisions to us.

We're going to get it... now.

As you say, captain.

Vera, what are you doing up?

I wanted to talk to you. What about?

About Gabriel.

He hasn't called back yet like he said.

Now, don't worry about Gabriel.

Something's happened to him.

He would have called if he could.

I know my husband! He's in trouble!

I know he's in trouble!

I'm gonna help him!

I don't like this. What

if the police caught him?

If he talks, we are finished.

Gabriel won't talk. He's a good soldier.

I don't care! I want to do something!

I'm gonna find him,

and you can't stop me!

Vera!

Control yourself.

That's better.

Go ahead.

Vera?

Yes?

Hide these two men in your

room. I'll answer the door.

Mrs. Lawry live here?

Why, yes, sir, she does.

Well, we made it, boy. Come on.

Excuse me, sir, but

may I ask who you are?

Well, who are you?

I'm Hansen, Mrs. Lawry's butler, sir.

Well, I'm her uncle, and

I came to make a call.

At this time of night, sir?

Day or night... What difference

does it make to a blind man?

Oh, you're blind, sir?

Blind as a bat.

Excuse me, sir. I'm terribly sorry.

What is there to be sorry about?

Many great men were blind.

Milton, homer. They

were blind, weren't they?

Yes, sir, but they complained about it.

Oh, they did?

Yes, sir.

"Oh, loss of sight, of

thee I most complain!

"Blind among enemies!

Oh, worse than chains, dungeons,

or beggary or decrepit age. "

Milton, huh?

Say, you're quite a butler.

Tell Mrs. Lawry I'm here.

Don't stand around spouting poetry.

Yes, sir. Immediately, sir.

What is it, Hansen? Mac, darling!

What kind of a two-Bit

reception is this, anyway?!

Your butler didn't

even know I was coming!

What is your uncle Mac, an old shoe?

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