The Norliss Tapes Page #4
- Year:
- 1973
- 72 min
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for those of us
who are connoisseurs,
So, certainly, I should like
to own the osiris scarab.
Well, mrs. Cort told me
that you demanded to know
Why the ring
wasn't for sale.
Well, naturally,
I was disappointed,
And I vented
my disappointment
over the telephone.
It was purely
an emotion of the moment.
So she didn't tell you
why she wouldn't
sell the ring
Or where it is?
No, she did not.
Do you know where it is?
Mm-hmm.
You see, mr. Cort's will
declared that the ring
Should be buried with him.
It's now on his finger
in the family crypt.
How curious.
How very curious.
I had a private agreement
with mr. Cort.
Now, it's no business
I keep
private business private.
Madame jeckiel,
mrs. Cort thinks
her husband is alive.
As a matter of fact,
she thinks she saw him.
In the studio?
Well, now, isn't
that interesting?
How did you know
where she saw him?
Jim always loved
being in the studio,
And his presence
might linger there.
Oh, come on!
This was no presence.
This was a real man.
Real enough
to kill a dog
And take a double
shotgun blast
in the chest.
Why are you telling me this?
Look, this has
nothing to do with me.
Well, I think it has
a lot to do with you.
And the ring
you gave to cort.
All part of a puzzle,
and I'd thought
you'd help me
Put the pieces together.
There's nothing
I can say.
What about the studio?
I think
you know something
about the studio,
And it's linked
with the ring.
Look, I'm gonna
tell you something.
You stay away
from that place.
Stay away from
the whole cort estate.
Why?
It's the house of sargoth.
Hello?
Ellen, it's david.
How are you?
Okay, but it
sure is raining here.
Listen, I think
I'm on to something.
I saw madame jeckiel.
She wasn't too talkative,
but she did make a slip
In reference
to james' studio.
ties in to the studio.
I'm gonna be down there
in about an hour.
I'll pick you up at 11:30.
Well, where are we going?
Back to the studio.
Now, you're familiar
with it, and I'm not.
I wouldn't know
what to look for,
But I'm convinced
something is there.
Will you go with me?
I'll be ready.
Okay.
It's almost midnight.
I was worried.
I thought something
might have happened to you.
I was in a lot
of heavy traffic.
What do you expect
to find at the studio?
I don't know,
I'm not sure.
Did you find
anything out about
the parks girl?
Only that there seemed
to be something strange
about the body.
Like what?
Like she had no blood.
Through here.
I hate to
put you through this.
I'd rather
have done it alone.
No, I'm glad I can help.
Anyway, I was
going stir crazy
waiting back at the inn.
I wish I knew
what to look for.
Anything odd or abnormal.
What's this?
I don't know.
I've never
seen it before.
Wasn't here the other day.
I know.
You sure
he didn't start this
just before he died?
No, this isn't his.
It's not like his work.
Look at the face.
And this clay.
What about it?
It's still damp.
Someone's still working
on this thing.
But that's impossible.
How could that be?
Here he comes!
thank you.
Okay. Mrs. Cort.
Mr. Norliss,
you know, it's 2:00
in the morning.
Have you
been drinking?
Look, I'm not
gonna argue with you.
I saw cort.
He was as close to me
as you are.
Another one
of your ghosts?
A ghost doesn't
rip up a car door.
Take a look
out the window.
He did that?
He did that.
Mrs. Cort,
are you all right?
All right, let's go.
Get 'am around
in the back, there,
would ya?
All right, listen.
Check this over here.
We're still trying
to find a body.
He says he hit one,
and we can't find it.
Get on,
get over there.
It seems to me
that you must've just
grazed him with a fender.
I'm telling you,
I hit him head on.
All right. Frank, jim,
search the main house.
The rest of you,
check the studio
and all the grounds.
You come with me.
Where?
I'm gonna see if mr. Cort
is at home to friends.
Come on with it.
Let's go.
Someone's taken the body.
Did you hear what I said?
That's all there is to it.
Somebody's taken the body.
Look, hartley,
what more do you need?
Now, you look,
mr. Norliss.
I just don't buy
your zombie story.
As far as I'm concerned,
we've got a prowler
that looks like mr. Cort
Who assaulted you people
when you caught him
doing his job.
Mrs. Cort saw him-
Now, for his own reasons,
He removed mr. Cort's body.
I'm still
in the dark as to why,
But maybe it's to just
follow up the disguise.
Explain the
abnormal strength.
You think I pulled
the door off the car?
I don't try
to explain anything.
If I did, I would say
that you snagged
the open car door
On the garage
in your hurry to get out.
Now, look.
When people panic,
they do funny things.
What're you gonna do
about all of this?
Assuming that we don't
find the prowler
on the grounds,
And I agree,
that's very unlikely,
Then I'll have
the woods searched.
In the meantime,
it's late, and I'm tired.
I'm gonna take
mrs. Cort back to town.
You follow us.
When you get there,
you can sign a complaint.
Let's give up
on this wild goose chase.
Who is this?
It's david.
Are you all right?
I suppose so.
They gave me a sedative.
What time is it?
It's afternoon. 2:00.
Where are you?
I'm at home.
Been trying to reach
charles langdon.
Has he called you?
No. No one's called.
That sheriff still
won't believe me.
Thinks we're both crazy.
Did you show him
the sculpture we found?
No, no.
I don't want anyone
touching that thing
Until I can determine
what it is, what it means.
I'm having the clay
analyzed right now.
Make a full statement
at his office this afternoon.
What- what should I tell him?
Tell him the truth.
Just leave out the sculpture.
David?
David, I'm still
very frightened.
He's out there. Alive.
And you and I know
he's out there.
Why won't the sheriff
believe us?
Hey, what's it gonna take
to make him believe us?
that night,
ellen's sister marsha
Drove down from
san francisco.
She'd returned from her
trip to new york
Earlier than expected.
And unfortunately,
I was out.
It was after midnight
when she pulled into
The deserted cort estate.
And when she found
no one there,
She was already too tired
To make the half-hour
drive to carmel.
And since another
storm was building,
Marsha decided to seek
closer lodgings.
By the time she's arrived
A small, off-the-road
scattering of faded cabins,
The storm had broken,
And the rain
had begun to fall.
We're closed.
Please! Let me come in!
We're closed
for the night!
Please! I need a room!
Go away!
Poppa, will you
tell her we're closed?
I'll tell her
we're closed.
now, look, lady!
My wife said-
Oh, please,
could I come in?
It's so wet out here.
I'm freezing to death.
Well, come on in.
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