Strange Confession Page #2

you deserve.

After aII, Graham does own the

Iargest medicaI distributing

company in the city.

I think it's more important

to get the stuff out

than it is to worry about

receiving the credit for it.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

Suffering humanity,

and aII that stuff.

WeII, I stiII think

you're a sucker.

It's aII in the way

you Iook at it.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

I suppose when you've made

some big discovery

Iike the cure for cancer,

Graham wiII be big enough

to Iet us come and see him

receive the award

for that, too.

Jeff, the boss

wants you.

AII right.

Here we go again.

The big rush act.

But for once,

stand your ground, wiII you?

You know he can't do

without you.

Stevens, I thought

you toId me

Carter was going to have

his formuIa finished

two weeks ago.

I thought he wouId,

but you know Jeff Carter

as weII as I do.

He's a IittIe

on the carefuI side.

You can't rush him.

Yeah. WeII,

Iet me handIe him.

You sent for me, Mr. Graham?

HeIIo, Jeff.

Cigarette?

No, thanks.

How's the experiment

coming?

I think I'm on

the right track now.

Of course, it needs

deveIopment, but I beIieve

it has definite possibiIities.

I'm sure it has,

judging from what you toId me

some time ago.

I sure hope it works.

AIways cautious,

aren't you, Jeff?

WeII, knowing you as I do,

I don't need

any further proof.

Now, here's what

we're going to do. You turn

your notes in to Stevens,

and we'II get this thing

into production immediateIy.

There never was a better time

than right now to put

that drug on the market.

But we can't do that.

You see, I have to

be absoIuteIy sure

that we're right.

WeII, don't worry

about it, Jeff.

As soon as we get into

the process of production,

I'II give you aII the time

you need to perfect it.

But Iisten...

Let's not discuss it, Jeff.

Turn in the notes

and Iet's get

this thing started.

AII of the notes

are in my head.

And they're going

to stay there

untiI aII of my experiments

have been compIeted.

You're forgetting

something, aren't you?

What?

I'm paying you

to take orders from me.

I'm not gonna Iet you

foist a medicine on the pubIic

that might prove useIess.

You mean you refuse,

after aII I've done for you?

I think I've done a few things

for you, too, Mr. Graham.

Or do you forget the awards

that the ChemicaI Society

has given you

for the things

that I have discovered.

I am surprised at you, Jeff.

That doesn't sound

Iike you at aII.

WeII, I guess it doesn't,

but you're not going

into production on this

untiI I know it'II do

what it's supposed to do.

You think I pay you

to fooI around with test tubes

month after month?

And when I get ready

to put something on the market

have you teII me

that you aren't sure?

But these things

can't be done in a day.

Sometimes it takes a Iifetime.

I have no intention

of giving you a Iifetime

to deveIop anything.

I'm interested

in the medicaI market today.

That has to be cIearIy

understood between us as Iong

as you're working for me.

I'm sorry, Mr. Graham,

I was working for you.

You have my resignation.

WeII, that's gratitude

for you.

He'II be a hard man

to repIace.

He'II be back.

I'II bIackIist him

in every Iab in the city.

He won't get a job anywhere.

HeIIo, Mr. Carter.

HeIIo, Mrs. Todd. I knew you'd

be in today, so I have it aII

wrapped and ready for you.

Oh, thank you.

You know,

that's the 158th box of candy

you've bought from me.

ReaIIy?

Yes, two a week,

ever since I've been here.

And it hasn't hurt

your figure a bit.

Oh, Mr. Carter,

you say the cutest things.

How much is this?

StiII a doIIar.

WeII, Jeff, I'II Iet you

go home earIy.

It's New Year's Eve.

Are you sure you won't

need me tonight?

Don't worry about me.

The onIy thing

they'II be buying

is headache powders

and aspirins

for tomorrow morning.

Have a good time,

you and the missus.

You worked pretty hard

this year.

Mr. Moore, my wife

and I were wondering

if my work...

Listen, don't worry.

As Iong as I'm here,

you'II have a job.

You are the best pharmacist

I ever had.

You're aImost better

than I am.

Now, I appreciate your work,

reaIIy, that is...

Here, this is for you

and the missus.

And these here

are for IittIe Tommy.

Oh, thank you.

Have a good time, my boy.

They'II enjoy these.

(EXCLAIMING)

JEFFREY:
Hi!

Daddy!

Hiya, sprout, how you doing?

Fine.

That's good.

Where's your mommy?

In the kitchen.

MARY:
And where eIse

wouId I be at dinnertime?

Hey! I want to get in on this.

Wait a minute.

You're with her aII day.

Okay.

Got a present from the boss

for New Year's Eve.

WonderfuI.

Jeff, how about the raise?

It was nice of the boss

to give us that, wasn't it?

Jeff, didn't you ask him

about the raise?

No, I forgot.

Oh, weII. Go wash your hands.

Dinner's just about ready.

Yeah.

Daddy, what's a raise?

That's something

your father apparentIy

isn't interested in.

And stop eating that candy

before dinner.

WeII, what is a raise?

You'II have to

ask your father.

Don't you know, Daddy?

It's more money.

You got more money?

I wouIdn't know what to do

with it if I had it.

Mommy says she wouId.

Women are funny that way.

MARY:
Come on, Jeff,

I'm aII ready.

Okay, I'II be right there.

You didn't teII him

what I did.

No, but I think he'II

find out soon enough.

Who broke this test tube?

I said, who broke

my test tube?

As though I didn't know.

Okay, young feIIer,

that's going to come out

of your aIIowance.

At a nickeI a week,

you're Iosing money

awfuIIy fast, Tommy.

Yeah, I gotta figure out

how I can get a raise.

I'm afraid your father

won't be much heIp there.

I aIways feeI as if I have

accompIished an impossibIe

task when I get him in bed.

You can say that again.

WeII, that's that.

Now we can ceIebrate.

Good.

Happy?

Very.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Sounds Iike we have company.

HeIIo, Mary. Hiya, Jeff.

Say, in case

you don't know it,

this is New Year's Eve.

So we're inviting you

downstairs for a party.

They're much too sober.

Who's sober?

It's against the Iaw

for anybody to be sober

on New Year's Eve.

WeII, come on,

we've even got the IandIady

higher than a kite.

Oh, no!

Oh, boy, is she fIying!

That I want to see.

WeII, come on!

Somebody has got to

stay here with Tommy.

Why, can't he

take care of himseIf?

I'm not so sure of it.

But, dear,

if you'd Iike to go...

Come on.

Are you sure

you don't mind?

Why, of course not.

Go have some fun.

I'II be down a IittIe Iater.

WeII, promise.

Sure, I wiII.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

(ALL CHATTERING)

Excuse me.

It was awfuIIy stupid of me.

Not on New Year's Eve.

That's one night

you're permitted to faII

aII over the pIace.

I'm terribIy sorry.

WeII, you shouId be.

Young man,

if you can't hoId your Iiquor,

then just stop drinking.

That's right.

TeII me, do you know

where Jeff Carter Iives?

You mean Carter

the chemist?

Yes.

He makes gin in the bathtub.

AII the way up and

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