Harvey Page #3

If you happen to lose the card,

don't worry, I have plenty more.

Mrs. O.R. Simmons. 348

Temple Drive. Is that right?

Yes. We were born

and raised there.

It's old, but we love it.

It's our home.

And you wish to enter your brother

at the sanitarium for treatment?

What is your brother's

name? It's... Oh, dear.

Mrs. Simmons,

what is your brother's name?

I'm sorry. Life is

not easy for any of us.

It's Dowd.

Elwood P. Dowd.

Elwood P. Dowd.

His age?

Forty-two

the 24th of last April.

He's Taurus,

Taurus the bull.

I'm Leo, and Myrtle's on the

cusp. You have him with you now?

Oh, yes. He's outside

waiting in a taxi cab.

I told him to wait. He

always does what I tell him.

I see. Is he married?

No, Elwood never married.

He always stayed with

Mother. He loved his home.

Yeah? Wilson, there's a

Mr. Dowd outside in a cab.

Will you ask him if he'll be good enough

to step up to room 24 South Wing "G"?

Ask him? Wilson, this is

his sister, Mrs. Simmons.

Oh, how do?

Why certainly.

I'll be glad to escort him.

I'll see if Dr. Sanderson

can see you, Mrs. Simmons.

Dr. Sanderson? I want to

see Dr. Chumley himself.

Dr. Sanderson is the one who sees

everybody. Dr. Chumley sees no one.

I'll tell him

you're here.

l-lsn't this wonderful, Veta? Okay, buddy!

Oh, you startled me!

I'm sorry, Mrs. Simmons.

I am Dr. Sanderson. Oh.

Miss Kelly tells me you're concerned

about your brother, Mister, uh, Mister...

The card, Miss Kelly.

Miss Kelly!

The card, please.

Mr. Dowd? Elwood P. Dowd. This way.

I'm sorry if I awakened you,

Miss Kelly.

I'm so...

I do hope you don't think

I'm always as jumpy as this.

This is not easy for me,

Doctor.

These things aren't easy

for the family. I understand.

Won't you sit down,

Miss Simmons? Thank you.

How long has it been since you first noticed

any peculiarity in your brother's actions?

As a baby,

he was perfectly normal.

I know. I was his big sister

and I had to change him.

Babies do need changing,

you know.

I noticed that he seemed

to be different...

after we came back

after Mother had died.

Myrtle Mae and I came back from

Des Moines to live with Elwood.

I could see that he...

That he...

That he what?

Take your time.

Don't strain.

Just, just let it come.

I'll wait for it.

Doctor, everything I say to

you is confidential, isn't it?

I am not a gossip. I am

a psychiatrist. Of course.

For one thing, he

drinks. Mm-hmm. To excess?

To excess?

Don't you call it excess when

a man never lets a day go by...

without stepping

into some cheap tavern,

bringing home a lot of riffraff,

people you never heard of?

If you don't call that excess, Doctor,

I'm sure I don't know what excess is.

I didn't doubt

your statement.

I merely wanted to know

if your brother drinks.

Yes, I say definitely

Elwood drinks. Mm-hmm.

I want him committed

out here permanently...

because I cannot stand

another day of that Harvey!

Don't you think it would have been

a little bit kinder of Mother...

if she'd written us about

him. Now, be honest. Don't you?

I really couldn't answer

that question. I can!

Yes, it certainly

would have.

This person

that you call Harvey,

who is he?

He's a rabbit.

Yes, perhaps.

But just who is he?

Someone your brother picked up

in one of these bars?

I've been telling you,

Harvey is a rabbit!

A big white rabbit six feet high,

or is it six feet, three and a half?

Heaven knows, I ought to know. He's

been around the house long enough!

Mrs. Simmons, if I'm not

mistaken... Don't you understand?

The rabbit's name

is Harvey.

Harvey lives

at our house.

Elwood buys theater tickets and

railroad tickets for both of them.

He's lost interest

in everything else.

And here I am trying to get

Myrtle Mae started...

with a nice group

of young people.

That's my daughter.

Doctor,

I'm going to tell you something

I've never told anyone in this world.

Not even Myrtle Mae.

Every once in a while, I see

this big white rabbit myself!

Isn't that terrible!

And what's more, he's every

bit as big as Elwood says he is!

Don't ever tell that to anybody,

Doctor. I'm ashamed of it.

I can see that you've been under

a great nervous strain lately.

You just try living with those two

and see how much of a strain it is.

Your mother's death, it

depressed you considerably.

Nobody knows how much.

Don't you worry. I'm going

to help you. Oh, Doctor!

Miss Kelly. Miss Kelly!

Wilson? Wilson!

Don't you move. You just sit there

and make yourself comfortable.

I'll only be a minute. Yes.

Wilson? Wilson!

Hello?

Lady, you told me to keep an eye on that

fella, but a big guy in a white coat came...

That's quite all right.

You just wait.

Do you want I should do

something about his suitcase?

Oh, Elwood's things. Yes, I

better come get them, I guess.

He might need them. Oh dear, it would

be awful if he should get hurt and...

She picked a fine time to leave her desk

just when I've got a new patient in my office.

Mrs. Simmons?

Mrs. Simmons!

Sound the gong. That poor woman mustn't

leave the grounds. Made a getaway, huh, Doc?

Her condition is serious. Go after her

and take her to 13 Upper West "R." Right.

Where is she? That little dame

that just came out, where'd she go?

She's picking some posies. She wants

to bring 'em to somebody inside.

Mac, is it safe for me

to wait around?

I don't see no bars on these

windows. Don't need 'em.

Anybody tries to climb through those

windows will sound like a three-alarm fire.

Hello, sweetheart.

Well, well. Those for me?

For you? I should say not.

They're for my brother Elwood.

He's devoted to ranunculus. Sure.

Wouldn't you like to come inside

and pick some off the wallpaper?

No, thank you. These

will do nicely. Good day.

Lady. Come, lady. Now, really, l...

There's a man inside wants to

talk to you. No, I don't... No!

No! You let me go! Help. Help! Police!

What do we want with the police,

love boat? They're no fun.

You let me go! I'm a respectable

woman! That's for sure.

Come on, lady, be nice or I'll

have to pick you up and carry you.

Help!

Oh, Dr. Sanderson!

Judge Gaffney!

How about giving me a hand,

beautiful?

I'll sit on her.

You can strip her clothes off.

You'll have to wait. I've got

to give some guy a bubble bath.

Okay, honey,

but make it snappy.

Somebody help me!

Doc, that Simmons dame's all

set. Yeah, no trouble at all.

That's fine. I'll be right up and

prescribe some preliminary treatment.

Don't you ever stay in your office?

I needed you! I had to give a hypo.

Telephone this Elwood P. Dowd right

away. His sister's condition is serious.

But, Doctor, l... He'll have to

sign these commitment papers for her.

I didn't know the woman needed the

treatment. She said it was her brother.

Of course she did! That's

the oldest dodge in the world.

Always used by

a cunning type of psychopath.

She knew her brother was about to commit

her, so she came here to discredit him.

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