Nine to Five Page #6

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- Yes. Nobody's there.

Let's forget the whole thing.

It never happened.

Cops and corpses...

I'll never mention it again.

Thank God it's Friday.

Let's start the weekend with

a drink after work at Charlie's.

You know, we are so lucky. I am so glad

this whole mess is finally over.

- They actually said this?

- As clearly as I could make out.

My notes were a little fuzzy.

This is very interesting. "Stealing

corpses, eluding the police..."

Maybe they knew you were hiding,

just pulling your leg.

I don't think so. Regardless, you should

be aware of that coffee business.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I can use

that to some advantage.

Look out, Charlie's, here we come.

- Judy, wait a second. I'll be right back.

- Okay. I'll tell Violet.

- It's 5:
00. You wanted to see me?

- Yeah, I did, Doralee.

- I'd like you to come to my house.

- I'm not working tonight, remember?

Who said anything about work?

By the way, have you

ever heard of strychnine?

- Strychnine is a poison, I think.

- Yes, it is a poison.

I spoke to the hospital. They found

traces of strychnine in my stomach.

What? I thought you

just hit your head.

I had to be sure. You need evidence if

you're gonna accuse someone of murder.

- Murder?

- Yeah.

You and Violet and Judy

tried to murder me yesterday.

- You put rat poison in my coffee.

- I don't believe this.

- It was all a big mistake.

- That's very good.

See, you should be soared

because I know all about it.

- All I have to do is call the police.

- But it was a mistake.

- Violet put the poison in by accident.

- Really?

She might get a jury to believe that.

She might not.

The question is whether

or not you wanna take that chance.

- Just what exactly are you driving at?

- It's simple.

- Come to my house, and I'll forget it.

- You are disgusting.

Is that a no?

- Too bad.

- Think about what you're doing.

I didn't start this.

You three girls did all the plotting.

Well, I'm not gonna let you do this.

There's another phone over there. That's

something else you might think about.

I don't like it when people

give back my presents.

You are rotten, Mr. Hart.

Did anybody ever tell you that?

I never thought I'd say this about

another human being, but you are evil.

- That's right, evil to the core.

- I love it when you get mad.

If you touch that phone, I'm gonna

jerk it clean out of the wall.

I know you think this is all a joke,

but you're gonna listen to me...

...whether you like it or not.

Will you shut up and let me explain?

- Can't you just listen?

- I'm calling for help.

No, I don't want you to call for help.

You won't listen, but you'll shut up!

I gotta figure out what to do.

- Roz.

- Is Mr. Hart in?

Yeah, but he's tied up

at the moment.

Well, I guess it can wait until Monday.

Have a nice weekend.

Yeah, you too, Roz.

Judy, can you come here a second?

- You ready?

- No. Something has happened.

- Where's Violet?

- The storage room. What's the matter?

- Hart knows everything about last night.

- What?

He really thinks we were

trying to kill him.

- He was gonna have us arrested.

- Oh, dear God.

Get in there and keep an eye on him.

Don't let anybody in.

- I've gotta get Violet.

- Oh, dear God.

Oh, dear God.

Mr. Hart, I'm so sorry.

What?

I can't understand

what you're saying.

- Thank God you've come to your senses.

- Doralee didn't mean any harm.

- Just get me untied.

- I can't do that until they come back.

Do you think I'll run away? I won't do

anything. I give you my word.

- There's a little pain involved here.

- I'm sorry.

- Well, I'll just loosen it a little.

- Good. Yeah, loosen it.

Mr. Hart, what happened last night

was a series of misunderstandings.

Violet just accidentally

put rat poison in your coffee.

- Get out of my way.

- But, Mr. Hart...

Mr. Hart, you gave me your word.

I lied.

- Goddamn it.

- You're not leaving this office.

Watch me.

I was just pretending, but this is out

of hand. Nobody makes a fool out of me.

I'm calling the police.

Hold it right there.

- You're as crazy as the other two.

- Close that door, or I'll shoot.

Hold it! Don't shoot! I give up!

Don't shoot it! Judy, put it...

Judy, what are you doing?

- Oh, my God.

- Oh, Judy.

Christ.

He was gonna call the police.

I just feel terrible doing this to him.

We'll get him up to his place

and reason with him.

That house is so far off the road,

if he starts yelling, nobody will hear.

So, what are we gonna do now?

You'll pay for this.

I swear, you'll pay for this.

- If you'd only listen...

- You listen to me.

I'll see you all in prison before

I'm through. Kidnapping...

...attempted murder, roped,

beaten, rat poison.

I won't rest until you all

get 20 years in prison!

You understand that? 20 years!

God...

- We can't just keep him here forever.

- You heard him. He don't believe us.

- He'll prosecute.

- Why not?

He's got you for poisoning him,

me for roping him...

...and you for acting like he was

first prize at a turkey shoot.

How are we gonna

keep him from talking?

I say we hire a couple of wranglers

to beat the sh*t out of him.

If we find something on him,

we could trade off.

Blackmail. That sounds good.

What could we get on him?

A sex scandal. Take a picture

of him in bed with a prostitute.

Who would care?

Hart would just buy up the copies

and send them out as Christmas cards.

Lord.

We've gone over everything.

Well, we might as well face it.

He's got us. We're licked.

Wait a minute. What's this doing here?

What?

Maybe we do have something

to bargain with.

- What is it?

- An account book for Ajax Warehouse.

See, there's something

suspicious going on here.

- What do you see?

- It's too dark.

Why don't you climb up

to that window?

I think we got him.

I think we got him.

Yes, indeed, it looks like Frank

has been a naughty boy.

An empty warehouse?

What's wrong with that?

That's what Billie Sol Estes said.

He got 15 years for embezzlement.

That warehouse should be filled with

inventory from Consolidated.

But you sold it,

and you pocketed the money.

You'll never prove that.

I'm gonna order the invoices

from head office on Monday.

I think you'll see

the light when they arrive.

You start tangling with me, you'd

better be prepared to play very rough.

I'm not gonna be stopped

by three dumb-witted broads.

I'm gonna...

I'm gonna get loose.

I'm gonna break loose

if I have to kill somebody to do it.

If we're gonna keep him tied up, we

need a better system of confinement.

Yes, something that

limits his movement...

...but it should wear well

and be comfortable.

After you sign our statement,

we'll let you go.

I got all the razors and scissors.

And all the glass. Just in case.

I brought you books and magazines.

This one is good.

This'll keep you up to date

on all the soap operas.

- You really get hooked on them.

- And I got your cigars.

Judy'll stay here at night,

Doralee'll bring lunch.

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