The Third Man Page #4

might have been

not accidental ?

Could he have been--

Could he have been...

pushed, Dr. Winkel ?

Vinkel.

l cannot give an opinion.

The injuries to the head and skull

would have been the same.

Major, may l see you

for a moment, please ?

Certainly, Brodsky.

What is it ?

This forgery is very clever,

and we are interested in this case.

- Have you arrested the girl ?

- No, not yet.

Please, keep this passport to yourself

until l will make some inquiries.

- Will you, Major ? Thank you.

- Yes, of course.

Right, sit down,

Miss Schmidt.

We'll send your letters

and things back to you.

- And my passport ?

- We'll need that for a while.

What did he mean ?

You know as much as l do.

Miss Schmidt, you were intimate

with Lime, weren't you ?

We loved each other.

Do you mean that ?

- Do you know this man ?

- l've never seen him.

- Joseph Harbin.

- No.

- He works in a military hospital.

- No.

lt's stupid to lie to me, Miss Schmidt.

l'm in a position to help you.

l'm not lying.

You're wrong about Harry.

You're wrong about everything.

ln one of his letters,

he asked you to telephone

a good friend of his called Joseph.

He gave you the number

of the Casanova Club.

That's where a lot of friends

of Lime used to go.

- lt wasn't important.

- What was the message ?

Something about

meeting Harry at his home.

Harbin disappeared

the day you telephoned.

We've got to find him.

You can help us.

What can l tell you, but you've

got everything upside down.

Okay. That American friend

of yours is still waiting for you.

He won't do you much good.

l thank you, Miss Schmidt.

We'll send for you when we want you.

[ Man Speaking German ]

Hello, Mr. Martins. l've been

trying to get you at your hotel.

l've arranged that lecture

for tomorrow.

- Well, what about ?

- On the modern novel.

You remember what we arranged.

- Oh.

- They want you to talk

on the Crisis of Faith.

- What's that ?

- Oh, l thought you'd know.

You're a writer.

But of course you do. Good night,

old man. l've forgotten my hat.

- l'll let you know the time later.

- Mmm.

?? [ Violin ]

- Drink ?

- Whiskey.

Two whiskeys.

- Zwei Whisky.

- How much ?

- Twenty shillings.

- Oh, they don't take army money here.

How much did he say ?

- Harry ?

- Yes.

He moved his head,

but the rest is good, isn't it ?

- Good evening, Miss Schmidt.

- Good evening.

You've found out

my little secret.

A man must live.

How goes the investigation ?

Have you proved

the policemen are wrong ?

- Not yet.

- But you will.

Our friend Dr. Winkel said

you had called. Wasn't he helpful ?

Well, he was limited.

- But Mr. Popescu is here tonight.

- The Romanian ?

- Yes, the man who helped carry him.

- l thought he'd left Vienna.

He's back now.

Well, l'd like to meet

all of Harry's friends.

l'll bring him to you.

Haven't you done

enough for tonight ?

The porter said three men carried

the body, and two of them are here.

Who are you

lookin' for now ?

Shh. Shh.

Don't. Please don't.

Silly lookin' bunch.

- Mr. Popescu, Mr. Martins.

- How do you do ?

- Any friend of Harry

is a friend of mine.

- l'll leave you together.

- Good evening, Miss Schmidt.

You remember me ?

- Of course.

- l helped Harry

fix her papers, Mr. Martins.

- Oh, you did ?

Not a sort of thing

l should confess to a stranger,

but you have to break

the rules sometimes.

Humanity is a duty. Cigarette,

Miss Schmidt ? Keep the pack.

l understand

you were with Harry--

Two double whiskeys.

[ Speaking German ]

lt was a terrible thing. l was just

crossing the road to go to Harry.

He and the baron

were on the sidewalk.

Maybe if l hadn't started to cross

the road, it wouldn't have happened.

l can't help blaming myself

and wishing things had been different.

Anyway, he saw me and stepped

off the sidewalk to meet me.

And the truck--

lt was terrible, Mr. Martins. Terrible.

l've never seen a man killed before.

l think there was something

funny about the whole thing.

- Funny ?

- Something wrong.

Of course there was.

Some ice for Mr. Martins.

- You think so too ?

- lt was so terribly stupid...

for a man like Harry to be killed

in an ordinary street accident.

- That's all you meant ?

- What else ?

Who was the third man ?

[ Chuckles ]

l oughtn't to drink it.

lt makes me acid.

What man would you be

referring to, Mr. Martins ?

l was told that a third man

helped you and Kurtz carry the body.

l don't know how you got that idea.

You'll find all about it

in the police report.

There was just the two of us,

me and the baron.

Who could have told you

a story like that ?

The porter at Harry's place.

He was cleaning the window at the time.

And saw the accident ?

No, he didn't see the accident,

but he saw three men carrying the body.

Why wasn't he

at the police inquiry ?

He doesn't want

to get involved.

You'll never teach these

Austrians to be good citizens.

lt was his duty

to give the evidence.

Even so, he remembers wrong.

What else did he tell you ?

That Harry was dead before

you got him to that statue.

He probably knows

a lot more than that.

- Somebody's lying.

- Hmm, not necessarily.

The police say he was

mixed up in some racket ?

Oh, that's quite impossible.

He had a great sense of duty.

Your friend Kurtz seems

to think it was possible.

l understand how an Anglo-Saxon feels.

The baron hasn't traveled, you know ?

He seems to have

been around a bit.

Do you know a man

called, uh, Harbin ?

- No.

- Joseph Harbin.

Joseph Harbin ? No.

That's a nice girl, that,

but she ought to go careful in Vienna.

Everybody ought to go careful

in a city like this.

He will meet us

at the bridge. Good.

Hello ! ls it

so very important for you ?

- Yes, it is.

- l am not a bad man.

l'd like to tell you something.

Tell me, how did the car--

Shh, shh. Come tonight.

My wife goes out.

- All right, l'll come back, but--

- Shh. Tonight.

- [ Knocking At Door ]

- [ Speaking German ]

Does that mean come in ?

Oh, yes, come in.

The porter's going

to talk to us tonight.

Need we go through it

all again ?

l can manage by myself.

You busy ?

Just another part

l've got to learn.

Can l hear you ?

- ln German ?

- l can try.

- ls it comedy or tragedy ?

- Comedy. l don't play tragedy.

- Do l, uh, read--

- Well, you read this.

Oh. Well, l--

[ Speaking Broken German ]

- What's that ?

- Uh, Heurigen, l guess.

H-E-Z-T--

Oh, let me see.

No, no, that's not the cue.

lt means

she has to sit down.

Well, uh, Frau Hausman--

No, no.

lt's no good.

Bad day ?

lt's always bad around this time.

He used to look in around 6:00.

l've been frightened. l've been alone

without friends and money.

But l've never known

anything like this.

Please talk.

Tell me about him.

Tell you what ?

Oh, anything. Just talk. Where did you

see him last, and what did you do ?

Oh, we didn't make much sense.

We drank too much.

- Once he tried to steal my girl.

- Where is she ?

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