Shadow Of A Doubt Page #8

an hour ago.

You folks are getting

pretty stylish. Having

dinner later every evening.

[Joe]

Ha ha!

Joe.

Huh?

Joe, I-I picked some

mushrooms before dinner.

You don't say.

Mushrooms mean anything

to you, Joe?

I eat 'em on my steak when

I'm out and the meat's not

good enough as 'tis.

If I brought you

some mushrooms,

would you eat 'em?

Suppose I would.

Why?

Then I've got it, you see?

The worst I'd be accused of

would be manslaughter.

Doubt if I'd get that.

Accidental death,

pure and simple.

A basket of good

mushrooms and...

two or three poisonous ones.

No, no. Innocent

party might get

the poisonous ones.

I thought of

something better

when I was shaving.

A bath tub.

Pull the legs out from

under you, hold you down.

It's been done,

but it's still good.

[Charlie]

Oh, what's the matter

with you two?

Do you always have to

talk about killing people?

We're not talking about

killing people.

Herb's talking about

killing me, and I'm

talking about killing him.

It's your father's

way of relaxing.

Can't he find some

other way to relax?

Can't we have a little peace

and quiet here without dragging

in poisons all the time?

[Emmy]

Charlie! She doesn't make

sense talking like that.

I'm worried about her.

Roger, bring her back.

I'll go. You stay

and finish dinner.

I'll catch up with her.

[Emmy]

What's wrong with her?

[Officer Blows Whistle]

Excuse me, Mr. Norton

You're always running

along the street at night.

Say, where were you going

in such a hurry last night?

Just doing an errand.

Is this gentleman your uncle

I've heard so much about?

Yes.

Uncle Charlie, Mr. Norton.

Glad to know you.

What's the name?

Oakley. Charles Oakley.

Nice to meet you.

Better keep your eye on your

niece. I'll have to give her

a ticket for speeding.

City ordinance about running

along these sidewalks.

Hear that, Charlie?

Don't want to break the law.

I'll take care of her.

Good night.

What's the matter, Charlie?

What's wrong?

I want to talk to you.

You're hurting

my arm again.

Come in here with me.

I can't. I've never been

in a place like this.

Go on in.

Why'd you bring me here?

What does it matter

where we are?

Hello, Charlie.

Hello.

Hello, Louise.

Uncle Charlie,

Louise Finch.

Hello.

This is my uncle.

I was in Charlie's

class in school.

I sure was surprised to

see you come in. I never

thought I'd see you here.

I been here two weeks.

Lost my job over at Kern's.

I've been in half the

restaurants in town.

What'll you have, Charlie?

Nothing, thank you.

Bring her some ginger ale.

I'll have a double brandy.

Well, Charlie.

Well?

Think you know something,

don't you? That young

fellow told you something.

Jack? Why should he

know anything about you?

Now look, Charlie.

Something's come between us.

I don't want that to happen.

Why, we're old friends.

More than that...

We're like twins.

You said so yourself.

Don't touch me,

Uncle Charlie.

What did that

boy tell you?

He's got nothing to do with it.

I hope he never knows

anything about you.

Charlie, you're a pretty

understanding sort of girl.

If you've heard some

little things about me,

I guess you're

a woman of the world

enough to overlook them.

You're the head of

your family, Charlie.

Anyone can see that.

I'm not so old. I've been

chasing around the globe

since I was sixteen.

I guess I've done some

pretty foolish things; :

made some pretty

foolish mistakes.

Nothing serious.

Just... foolish.

[Chuckles]

Oh, Charlie,

now, don't start

imagining things.

How could you do such things?

You're my uncle.

My mother's brother.

We thought you were

the most wonderful

man in the world.

- The most wonderful

and the best.

- Charlie, what do you know?

I'm sorry I was so long.

We're awful busy.

Whose is it?

Ain't it beautiful?

I'd just die for

a ring like that.

Yes sir, for a ring like

that, I'd just about die.

I love jewelry...

real jewelry.

Notice I didn't even have

to ask if it was real.

You can tell.

I can.

Bring me

another brandy.

Sit down.

Sit down!

You think you know

something, don't you?

You think you're the

clever little girl who

knows something.

There's so much you

don't know. So much.

What do you

know really?

You're just an ordinary

little girl living in

an ordinary little town.

You wake up every morning and

know perfectly there's nothing

in the world to trouble you.

You go through your

ordinary little day...

and at night, you sleep your

untroubled ordinary sleep filled

with peaceful, stupid dreams.

And I brought you

nightmares.

Or did I? Or was it a

silly inexpert little lie?

You live in a dream.

You're a sleepwalker...

blind.

How do you know what

the world is like?

Do you know the world

is a foul sty?

Do you know if you ripped

the fronts off houses,

you'd find swine?

The world's a hell.

What does it matter

what happens in it?

Wake up, Charlie.

Use your wits.

Learn something!

You goin', Charlie?

[Raucous Laughter]

Charlie, will you

help me?

Help you?

The same blood flows through

our veins, Charlie. A week ago,

I was at the end of my rope.

Oh, I'm so tired.

There's an end to

the running a man can do.

You'll never know what

it's like to be so tired.

I was going to...

Well... then I got the idea

of coming out here.

It's my last chance, Charlie.

Give it to me.

Graham and the other fellow,

they don't know.

There's a man in the east.

They suspect him, too.

And if they get him, I'll...

Charlie, give me

this last chance.

Take your chance.

Go!

I'll go, Charlie.

Just give me a few days.

Think of your mother.

It'll kill your mother.

Yes, it would

kill my mother.

Take your few days.

See that you get

away from here.

You realize

what it'll mean

if they get me?

The electric chair.

[Sobs]

Charlie, you've

got to help me.

I count on you.

You said yourself we're no

ordinary uncle and niece,

no matter what I've done.

You go in.

I'll be in

in a minute.

[Uncle Charlie]

East, west, home's best.

[Emmy] Where's Charlie?

She's outside.

Don't worry about her.

What was the matter?

She was a little edgy.

I persuaded her to go for

a walk. She's calmed down now.

I'm so glad. I've saved

dessert for you, Charles.

We had an ice-cream soda.

[Joe] Oops-a-daisy!

Off to bed you go!

[Ann Giggling]

[Sobbing]

## [Pipe Organ]

[Indistinct Arguing]

[Emmy]

Roger, come here!

No!

There's my girl.

Psst! Ann!

Hello! You must be trying

to hide or something.

We're not hiding.

People who are hiding

always say "psst."

We just don't want

to yell on Sunday.

Look, Ann.

Ask your sister to run over here

for a minute. Just ask her

quietly. We'll wait here.

Did my father and your

father have a feud?

My father?

Because if they didn't,

there's no sense in my

asking Charlotte quietly.

Mama won't care. She

thinks girls ought to

marry and settle down.

In a book I'm reading...

Just ask her, Ann.

Don't be literary.

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