WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:29.240 The National Broadcasting Company presents Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective. 00:29.240 --> 00:43.760 Are you Mr. Diamond? Yeah, unless there's a warrant out. Mr. Diamond, I'd like to talk to you about a man. 00:43.760 --> 00:48.560 Well, that looks unhappy. Can't talk about girls all the time. Mr. Diamond, this is pretty serious. 00:48.560 --> 00:57.320 I'm scared stiff of him. Why? Because he's dead. Here's another exciting case from the files of 00:57.320 --> 01:13.240 Richard Diamond, private detective, starring Dick Powell. 01:13.240 --> 01:19.480 Diamond Detective Agency, homicides with class. Huh? Huh. Well, that's a pretty good answer. 01:19.480 --> 01:24.440 What kind of a slogan was that, Chalmers? Oh, my goodness. Sergeant Otis. That's right. 01:24.440 --> 01:28.040 Well, don't take any bets. I know a dozen people who would swear you were something else. 01:28.040 --> 01:33.640 Oh, now stop the gags. I got something important to talk to you about. I know what it is. 01:33.640 --> 01:38.280 You do? I bet you've lost your shoes. Oh, what makes you think that, wise guy? 01:38.280 --> 01:42.200 Well, I drove by the docks this morning and spotted two landing barges with laces. 01:42.200 --> 01:49.200 Oh, I give up. Here, you better talk to the lieutenant. Rick? Hello, Walt. 01:49.200 --> 01:52.600 Why don't you lay off Otis? He was just calling to ask you to do a favor for us. 01:52.600 --> 01:55.800 What kind of a favor? The Fifth Precinct is having its annual dance next week. 01:55.800 --> 02:01.000 Oh, now, Walt. Well, what's the matter? Just a couple of songs and then you can go home. 02:01.000 --> 02:07.160 Oh, sure, sure. Just like last time. I was just going to be a couple of songs last time, too. 02:07.160 --> 02:11.080 But before those lovely cops let me go, I had a crack in my voice like the Liberty Bell. 02:11.080 --> 02:15.480 Now, this time, I promise, only two songs. All right, all right, all right. If one of them's 02:15.480 --> 02:21.160 Mule Train. Sure, but why Mule Train? I want to whip Otis for sound effects. No. 02:21.160 --> 02:23.960 Mr. Diamond? Wait a minute, Walt. I think I spotted a client. 02:23.960 --> 02:26.120 Okay, Rick, I'll tell the committee you'll be there. Bye. 02:27.560 --> 02:30.360 Are you Mr. Diamond? Yeah, unless there's a warrant out. 02:31.160 --> 02:35.160 Mr. Diamond, I'd like to talk to you about a man. Well, don't look so unhappy. 02:35.160 --> 02:38.280 You can't talk about girls all the time. Mr. Diamond, this is pretty serious. 02:39.000 --> 02:44.600 I'm scared stiff of him. Why? Because he's dead. That's right. He's supposed to be dead. 02:44.600 --> 02:47.960 Well, bring him over. We can make a fortune from Barnum and Bailey. 02:47.960 --> 02:52.520 I guess I better go. No, wait a minute, wait a minute. Maybe you better tell me about it. 02:52.520 --> 02:58.840 Okay. I'm Martin White. I go to Barrett College. I'm an ex-GI. I'm a senior now because I couldn't 02:58.840 --> 03:02.840 start until I was released from the hospital three years ago. Hospital, huh? What was the trouble? 03:02.840 --> 03:05.320 I got hit at Casino. How long were you in the hospital? 03:05.320 --> 03:07.800 Two and a half years. Two and a half years? 03:07.800 --> 03:13.320 Yeah, I... Okay, I fell apart up there. Oh, psychosis? 03:13.320 --> 03:14.920 Yeah. Go on. 03:14.920 --> 03:19.240 The other day I was on my way to class when I saw this man I was telling you about. 03:19.240 --> 03:22.520 The one who's supposed to be dead? Yeah, that's right. He used to be in the same 03:22.520 --> 03:28.200 outfit with me. I saw him killed at Casino. Oh, so you made a mistake. So he looks like the guy. 03:28.200 --> 03:32.680 No, no, it's not like that. Maybe I better tell you and then you'll understand. 03:32.680 --> 03:35.720 Go ahead. Well, his name was Jarvis, Paul Jarvis. 03:36.440 --> 03:38.920 I was a captain with the Fifth Army when we went into Casino. 03:38.920 --> 03:41.480 And Jarvis? Private. He'd been with us since we 03:41.480 --> 03:46.200 pushed Rommel out of the desert. Everybody hated him. Why? Gold brick. Never missed a chance to 03:46.200 --> 03:50.600 dog it. But he was smart, plenty smart. There wasn't anything we could pin on him. 03:50.600 --> 03:54.120 Yeah, I know the type. He was great in a street fight because he was big. 03:54.120 --> 03:58.680 And I mean really big. Big and nasty. But up on the line he went to pieces. 03:58.680 --> 04:01.800 Okay, go ahead. One night we got a report that a man answering 04:01.800 --> 04:06.200 Jarvis's description had killed a corporal in a fight. By the time the details got to me, 04:06.200 --> 04:10.600 the Germans had opened up with everything they had. I was ordered out on patrol, so I 04:10.600 --> 04:12.760 took Jarvis with me. You took a big chance. 04:12.760 --> 04:16.760 You know it. There was one witness to the killing, an old man in the town. 04:17.640 --> 04:20.680 If Jarvis knew he might be identified, he'd have gone over the hill shore. 04:21.640 --> 04:25.640 So I figured I'd watch him, keep him with me until the Germans slowed up and we could show 04:25.640 --> 04:30.840 show him to the old man. Oh, he moved up. The crowds had the main body zeroed in with our 88s. 04:32.680 --> 04:36.440 Our job was to move up, try to spot a path through the enemy artillery pattern. 04:36.440 --> 04:40.760 We had to belly down and Jarvis and I ended up in a hole together. They'll spot us, sure. 04:40.760 --> 04:42.760 They'll correct and drop those things all over us in a minute. 04:42.760 --> 04:44.760 Keep your head down, Jarvis. I tell you they'll spot us. 04:44.760 --> 04:47.720 Now you listen to me. You raise your skull one inch out of this hole before I tell you, 04:47.720 --> 04:54.360 and so help me, I'll drill you myself. Okay. You hate my guts, don't you? 04:54.360 --> 04:59.800 Knock it off. This is real funny, this is. Two guys this close hating each other. 04:59.800 --> 05:02.360 Next time I'll pick a bigger hole. Captain White. 05:02.360 --> 05:04.280 What? About that murder. 05:04.280 --> 05:06.680 Can it. You think I killed a guy, don't you? 05:06.680 --> 05:09.400 I don't think anything right now, just those pot tints down there. 05:09.400 --> 05:13.240 You're thinking about it all right, you and everybody else. You all hate me because I'm not 05:13.240 --> 05:16.120 a tin soldier like you with ideals sticking out all over your fat face. 05:16.120 --> 05:19.320 I told you to knock it off, but you wanted it laid on the line, so I'll tell you. 05:19.320 --> 05:22.600 Yeah, I hate your guts. Okay? 05:22.600 --> 05:29.000 That's good enough. I kill that corporal, Captain White. 05:29.000 --> 05:33.160 You're out of your mind. I am, huh? Well, this is as good a place as any to go over the hill. 05:33.160 --> 05:37.320 You're crazy, get down. Relax. I got a bayonet pointed right at your belly. 05:37.320 --> 05:40.120 Jarvis, don't. Go on. Cry. 05:40.120 --> 05:46.120 Wine. I'm gonna put you in for a purple heart. Only you'll have to pin it on your blanket. 05:46.120 --> 05:50.920 Jarvis, Jarvis, for the love of... Now you're only a number on the record, Jarvis. 05:50.920 --> 05:55.240 You dirty... You're gonna take a little while to die, Captain, so you can think about me getting out. 05:55.240 --> 05:59.160 I'm taking off and I'm leaving the rest of the Saps with all the honor and glory they want. 05:59.160 --> 06:03.080 So long, Captain, it's all yours. Jarvis! Come back here! 06:03.080 --> 06:05.080 Jarvis! 06:16.520 --> 06:22.520 Well, it was one of those lucky things, Mr. Diamond. I got out, spent a day and a night in that hole until the medics found me. 06:22.520 --> 06:25.960 What about Jarvis? I'd swear he got the 88 right on top of him. 06:25.960 --> 06:31.240 But now you think you've seen him and you're not sure. I'm not sure of anything right now. 06:31.240 --> 06:34.520 But I saw that 88 hit and I saw Jarvis go down. 06:34.520 --> 06:40.120 Okay, okay. Let's say you did see Jarvis. He got out some way. Looks pretty simple to me. 06:40.120 --> 06:43.720 Call up the authorities and tell them you spotted a man who wanted to murder. 06:43.720 --> 06:47.240 There certainly should be a lot of guys from your outfit who could identify him. 06:47.240 --> 06:52.920 No. He's done something to his face. Maybe the shell did it for him, but I know it's him. 06:52.920 --> 06:54.520 You can't miss a guy that size. 06:54.520 --> 06:55.400 A lot of big boys. 06:55.400 --> 07:00.840 Sure, but he's got the same rotten eyes. That didn't change and that nasty smile he gets. 07:00.840 --> 07:03.720 I didn't know him anywhere. In a dark room, I'd know him. 07:03.720 --> 07:07.960 No, but you said you were scared. Why not go to another school? 07:07.960 --> 07:11.960 I can't. I've got a job up there and I've got a wife and a kid. That's why I came to you. 07:12.760 --> 07:15.080 I can't go to the police. They might put me back in that hospital. 07:16.040 --> 07:18.280 They'll think I'm slipping again up here. 07:19.480 --> 07:24.520 Well, let's say it is Jarvis. What in the world would a guy like that be doing in a college? 07:24.520 --> 07:26.360 Don't you think I've asked myself those questions? 07:27.960 --> 07:28.920 Just forget the whole thing. 07:28.920 --> 07:34.440 Now, no, no, no, wait, Martin. Look, if I prove to you one way or another about this Jarvis, 07:34.440 --> 07:36.040 will you forget about Casino? 07:37.400 --> 07:38.200 Yeah. 07:38.200 --> 07:39.160 What name is he using? 07:39.720 --> 07:41.400 Blackwell. John Blackwell. 07:41.400 --> 07:42.120 Okay, let's go. 07:43.000 --> 07:45.800 Don't you get a fee or something? 07:45.800 --> 07:48.120 Your wife a good cook? The best. 07:48.120 --> 07:50.760 Well, I'm staying for dinner and after you see what I put away, 07:50.760 --> 08:00.600 you'll probably wish you'd paid the hundred today in expenses. 08:00.600 --> 08:04.840 Usually I'm pretty hard about my fee because the trouble I get into has to be balanced on the book 08:04.840 --> 08:11.240 some way. But a young guy comes in with a real problem and old hard-headed diamond gets a fast 08:11.240 --> 08:18.200 softening of the skull. Well, two hours later, Martin White, me and my real soft skull were on 08:18.200 --> 08:23.080 the campus of Barrett College and in the converted Quonset hut, the Whites call home. 08:24.920 --> 08:26.440 He's hungry, Mr. Diamond. 08:26.440 --> 08:27.320 Hiya, Phil. 08:27.320 --> 08:29.400 Well, nice looking boy. 08:29.400 --> 08:31.160 Yeah, thanks after his mother. 08:31.160 --> 08:34.680 Martin, if we're going to do something about this thing, we'd better get a move on. 08:34.680 --> 08:35.880 All right, where do we start? 08:35.880 --> 08:37.080 Well, I think I'd like to look at this. 08:38.680 --> 08:40.280 What's the name this guy's using, you say? 08:40.280 --> 08:41.000 Blackwell. 08:41.000 --> 08:44.520 Oh, well, I'd like to look at Blackwell's school record. How about it? 08:44.520 --> 08:46.440 Well, I think I can fix it. Let's go. 08:46.440 --> 08:47.880 Well, dinner's at six, Mr. Diamond. 08:47.880 --> 08:51.240 Yeah, we eat early because I'm night watchman on campus. I go on duty at seven. 08:51.240 --> 08:52.600 I'll be on time as his wife. 08:52.600 --> 08:53.480 At Nan. 08:53.480 --> 08:56.840 Oh, well, love corned beef and cabbage, Nan. 08:56.840 --> 08:59.320 Well, I'll walk out with you. I have to go to the store. 08:59.320 --> 09:01.800 Come on, Mr. Diamond. We'll walk Nan out across the street. 09:06.360 --> 09:07.080 Martin, look out! 09:09.320 --> 09:11.960 Oh, that idiot. Must have been drunk. 09:11.960 --> 09:12.680 Nanny, you all right? 09:12.680 --> 09:14.840 Oh, sure, but you, Martin, he came right at you. 09:14.840 --> 09:15.400 I know. 09:15.400 --> 09:17.160 Mr. Diamond, that guy wasn't drunk. 09:17.160 --> 09:20.920 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, Nan, you think you can go to the store alone? 09:20.920 --> 09:22.600 Oh, certainly. I'm fine now. 09:22.600 --> 09:23.240 But that car... 09:23.240 --> 09:25.480 Now, come on, Martin. We've got to check those records. 09:25.480 --> 09:26.920 Well, I'll see you at dinner. 09:26.920 --> 09:29.800 And Martin, you listen to what Mr. Diamond has to say. 09:29.800 --> 09:31.400 That man was probably drunk. 09:31.400 --> 09:32.360 Good girl. 09:32.360 --> 09:35.320 Yeah. What about that car? 09:35.320 --> 09:46.040 Could have been an accident. Let's think it was for a while anyway. 09:54.840 --> 09:56.200 Now, this is where they keep the records. 09:58.760 --> 09:59.960 Hello, Susie. 09:59.960 --> 10:00.680 Hi, Martin. 10:01.640 --> 10:03.480 Well, hello. 10:03.480 --> 10:04.680 Hello, Susie. 10:04.680 --> 10:07.240 This is Mr. Diamond, Susie. Mr. Diamond, Susie Wirt. 10:07.240 --> 10:09.240 It's really a pleasure, believe me. 10:09.240 --> 10:10.760 We'd like to look at the files, Susie. 10:10.760 --> 10:12.600 You a new professor, Mr. Diamond? 10:12.600 --> 10:14.200 No, no, just a friend of Martin's. 10:14.760 --> 10:15.560 Married? 10:15.560 --> 10:16.920 Not a bit. Why? 10:17.480 --> 10:18.840 Pretty square, huh? 10:18.840 --> 10:20.440 Sometimes, but I can learn. 10:20.440 --> 10:23.720 Yeah? Well, I might just start some night classes of my own. 10:23.720 --> 10:24.840 Sounds like fun. 10:24.840 --> 10:28.520 In about five years, you let me know how your education is progressing. 10:28.520 --> 10:31.320 Oh. Age is a problem with you, huh? 10:31.320 --> 10:35.480 My dear, when I stumbled over 30, everything got to be a problem. 10:36.280 --> 10:37.720 Now, do you think we can... 10:38.440 --> 10:38.760 Yeah? 10:39.400 --> 10:41.480 The records, Susie. Remember? 10:41.480 --> 10:43.400 Yeah, Susie, the records. 10:43.400 --> 10:45.800 Oh. Okay, which ones? 10:45.800 --> 10:46.760 We want to see the file on... 10:46.760 --> 10:48.680 Everything from B to C. 10:48.680 --> 10:52.760 Okay. But if I get in trouble for this, you may have to make it up to me in some way. 10:52.760 --> 10:53.800 I'll buy you soda. 10:53.800 --> 10:58.600 And I'll let you. Here they are. B to C. 10:58.600 --> 11:01.320 Ah, thanks, Susie. I'll let you know when we're finished. 11:01.800 --> 11:05.560 Okay. Be a recluse. Only I got some ideas about that, too. 11:05.560 --> 11:06.840 I'll be in the next room. 11:09.160 --> 11:12.360 Ah, youth. Well, let's take a look. 11:12.360 --> 11:14.280 How come you asked for everything from B to C? 11:14.280 --> 11:16.600 No sense in letting everybody know what we're doing. 11:16.600 --> 11:19.880 If we'd just asked for Blackwell's file, Susie might have said something to him. 11:19.880 --> 11:20.440 Oh. 11:20.440 --> 11:23.080 Now, now, now. Here it is. 11:23.080 --> 11:28.760 Yes, this is John Blackwell, 28, resident of McAllister, Oklahoma. 11:28.760 --> 11:33.880 Hey, get a load of this. Height, six feet six, weight 240. 11:33.880 --> 11:35.160 Like I said, he's a big one. 11:35.160 --> 11:37.560 Hmm. If he fell down, he'd be halfway home. 11:38.520 --> 11:41.160 Look, Martin, where can I find this Blackwell? 11:41.160 --> 11:43.080 Let's see. What does it say about his classes here? 11:43.960 --> 11:46.840 Hmm. It's 2.30 now. Yeah, he should be in English Lit. 11:46.840 --> 11:47.800 Now, take me over there. 11:47.800 --> 11:49.080 You want to see him? 11:49.080 --> 11:50.120 I want to meet him. 11:50.120 --> 11:51.080 You want to meet him? 11:51.080 --> 11:54.040 Oh, now relax. Sooner or later, you've got to talk to him. 11:54.680 --> 11:57.000 Oh, Susie. Susie. 11:57.000 --> 11:57.800 Yes? 11:57.800 --> 11:59.640 Oh, Susie, we're finished. 11:59.640 --> 12:01.800 Why not? How about that soda? 12:01.800 --> 12:03.080 I'll take a rain check. 12:03.080 --> 12:04.200 Lots of rain up here. 12:05.800 --> 12:06.840 Susie? 12:06.840 --> 12:07.720 Yes? 12:07.720 --> 12:08.220 Bye. 12:14.840 --> 12:16.920 Well, we left Susie in the middle of a pout. 12:17.560 --> 12:19.720 Martin took me across the campus to another building. 12:19.720 --> 12:23.080 We went up a long hall and stopped at the door marked English Lit. 12:23.800 --> 12:25.480 Martin looked in for a minute and then pointed. 12:25.480 --> 12:27.080 That's him. That's him right there. 12:27.080 --> 12:28.280 Now, relax, relax. 12:28.840 --> 12:31.320 Hey, he must get a bloody nose from the altitude. 12:31.320 --> 12:33.080 He's head and shoulders over the whole room. 12:33.080 --> 12:34.040 I'm sure of it. 12:34.040 --> 12:36.520 I tell you, when I get around to that guy, I'm sure of it. 12:37.000 --> 12:37.640 That's Jarvis. 12:37.640 --> 12:39.560 Get back from the door. The classes are breaking up. 12:39.560 --> 12:41.080 Let's get out of here, Mr. Diamond. Please. 12:41.080 --> 12:42.840 No, no, no, no. I want you to introduce me to him. 12:42.840 --> 12:44.520 I can't. I tell you, I got the shakes. 12:44.520 --> 12:46.680 Oh, you're going to have to face it sooner or later, Martin. 12:46.680 --> 12:51.080 Here they come. OK, I'll try. 12:51.800 --> 12:52.280 There he is. 12:54.120 --> 12:54.840 Blackwell. 12:54.840 --> 12:55.400 He sees you. 12:56.280 --> 12:56.840 Over here. 12:57.720 --> 12:58.680 Now, what do I say? 12:58.680 --> 13:00.520 Just introduce me. I'll do the rest. 13:00.520 --> 13:02.520 Yes. You call me? 13:02.520 --> 13:07.560 Uh, yeah. You don't know me, but I understand you're a new student. 13:07.560 --> 13:10.120 I'd like you to drop by the fraternity house and meet some of the boys. 13:10.120 --> 13:12.440 Oh, well, thank you. I'd be glad to. 13:12.440 --> 13:16.040 SAE. This is Mr. Diamond, Mr. Blackwell. 13:16.040 --> 13:16.680 How do you do? 13:16.680 --> 13:17.720 Fine, thank you. 13:17.720 --> 13:19.400 You a professor here, Mr. Diamond? 13:19.400 --> 13:20.840 No, just a friend of Martin's. 13:21.400 --> 13:23.320 This your first year at college? 13:23.320 --> 13:24.120 Yeah. 13:24.120 --> 13:27.000 You're a little late, aren't you? What held you up? The service? 13:27.000 --> 13:27.800 That's right. 13:27.800 --> 13:30.600 Oh, well, I was in the army myself. What outfit were you in? 13:31.800 --> 13:34.040 I didn't say I was in the army, Mr. Diamond. 13:34.680 --> 13:36.200 Matter of fact, I was in the Navy. 13:36.200 --> 13:36.700 Oh. 13:37.400 --> 13:39.000 Well, Mr. White, I have to be going now. 13:39.640 --> 13:41.320 When would you like me to stop by the house? 13:41.320 --> 13:43.960 Oh, anytime. Around six. Most of the boys are in there. 13:43.960 --> 13:44.600 See you then. 13:44.600 --> 13:46.200 Nice meeting you, Mr. Diamond. 13:46.200 --> 13:46.700 Yeah. 13:50.120 --> 13:50.620 Well? 13:50.620 --> 13:53.640 You've never met him before. I mean, here on the campus? 13:53.640 --> 13:54.280 No, why? 13:54.760 --> 13:56.760 When he left, he called you Mr. White. 13:57.320 --> 13:59.320 Yeah, and I didn't introduce myself. 13:59.880 --> 14:02.520 Well, I do know one way to clear this whole thing up. 14:02.520 --> 14:03.080 How? 14:03.080 --> 14:05.880 Fingerprints. Washington's got a record of Jarvis. 14:05.880 --> 14:08.280 If I can get Blackwell's, we can compare them. 14:08.280 --> 14:11.400 It's a swell idea, but about as easy as going after a mountain lion's molar. 14:11.400 --> 14:12.680 Oh, I'll think of something. 14:12.680 --> 14:15.880 You go on home and stay with the wife and baby. 14:17.960 --> 14:18.460 All right. 14:27.640 --> 14:30.680 I left Maudman Cut Across the Street to the College Malt Shop. 14:31.960 --> 14:35.960 When I went in, a bunch of kids were having a time playing records and making dates, 14:35.960 --> 14:38.360 so I slipped by them and eased into a phone booth 14:38.360 --> 14:42.520 and put in the fast call to the Fifth Precinct Police Station and Walt Levinson. 14:48.760 --> 14:50.600 Fifth Precinct, Sergeant Otis. 14:50.600 --> 14:52.120 Oh, good grief. I got the zoo. 14:52.120 --> 14:55.320 Oh, you just call up to make whites for ex-Jarvis? 14:55.320 --> 14:56.840 Nah, put the lieutenant on. 14:56.840 --> 14:59.800 But don't growl at him. He's close enough to snap a collar on you. 14:59.800 --> 15:00.300 Oh. 15:02.680 --> 15:03.960 Yeah, what do you want, Diamond? 15:03.960 --> 15:05.880 That's a pleasant way to answer the phone. 15:05.880 --> 15:08.200 What have you noticed been doing, setting fire to the commissioner? 15:08.200 --> 15:10.440 Oh, I give up. Where are you? 15:10.440 --> 15:11.640 I'm up at Barrett College. 15:11.640 --> 15:12.280 College? 15:12.280 --> 15:16.920 Sure, sure, sure. I'm trying to talk to Science Department and the bidding on your sergeant's brain. 15:17.400 --> 15:19.800 They've got gargantuan and they need a match set. 15:19.800 --> 15:21.480 Will you please be serious? 15:21.480 --> 15:26.520 Okay, okay, Walt. Now look, I've run into something that has a good chance to end up looking like homicide. 15:26.520 --> 15:27.480 I can use some help. 15:27.480 --> 15:29.240 You know that's out of my district. 15:29.240 --> 15:31.240 Look, I just want you to do some checking for me. 15:31.240 --> 15:35.800 Find out about a John Blackwell who's supposed to come from McAllister, Oklahoma. He's a student here. 15:35.800 --> 15:37.320 What do you want to know about him? 15:37.320 --> 15:41.320 Oh, how long he lived in McAllister. Family, friends, the usual things. 15:41.320 --> 15:44.680 And then do some checking on a boy named Jarvis, Paul Jarvis. 15:44.680 --> 15:47.240 Check his fingerprints with the military authorities. 15:47.240 --> 15:50.280 See if he was ever in McAllister and if you knew Blackwell. 15:50.280 --> 15:52.680 Okay. Where can I call you and how fast are you needed? 15:52.680 --> 15:53.480 Wait a minute. 15:53.480 --> 15:54.360 What's the matter? 15:54.360 --> 15:56.360 I just spotted someone in this malt shop. 15:56.360 --> 15:57.960 Are you in a malt shop? 15:57.960 --> 15:59.720 Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I've got to hang up. 15:59.720 --> 16:01.320 I don't want to lose this boy. 16:01.320 --> 16:02.280 Where can I reach you? 16:02.280 --> 16:04.280 Call the local law and tell them I'm on the campus. 16:04.280 --> 16:05.800 Wearing a beanie? 16:05.800 --> 16:07.800 Funny, pretty funny. 16:14.120 --> 16:16.120 Well, Mr. Blackwell, isn't it? 16:16.120 --> 16:19.160 Huh? Oh, yeah, Mr. Diamond. 16:19.160 --> 16:21.160 That's right. Mind if I sit down? 16:21.160 --> 16:23.640 Not at all. Just finishing my malt. 16:23.640 --> 16:25.640 Looks good. Think I'll have one. 16:25.640 --> 16:27.640 It is good. Good for you. 16:27.640 --> 16:30.040 Makes you healthy. Live a long time. 16:30.040 --> 16:32.040 Well, I guess that's what we're all after. 16:32.040 --> 16:34.040 I guess so. 16:34.040 --> 16:36.040 How long have you known Martin? 16:36.040 --> 16:36.840 Martin White? 16:36.840 --> 16:37.640 Yeah. 16:37.640 --> 16:39.640 Not long. How long have you known him? 16:39.640 --> 16:41.640 Just met him today with you. Why? 16:41.640 --> 16:44.440 Oh, nothing. Why did I know his name? 16:44.440 --> 16:46.440 Oh, he was pointed out. 16:46.440 --> 16:47.640 Mm-hmm. 16:47.640 --> 16:49.640 Well, I got to be going, Mr. Diamond. 16:49.640 --> 16:51.640 This little chap has been very enlightening. 16:51.640 --> 16:52.840 Goodbye. 16:52.840 --> 16:54.040 Goodbye. 16:54.040 --> 16:55.640 And now, 16:55.640 --> 16:57.640 and now, 16:57.640 --> 16:58.840 hey, uh, waiter. 16:58.840 --> 17:00.840 Huh? Oh, you want something, mister? 17:00.840 --> 17:02.040 Yeah, the small glass. 17:02.040 --> 17:02.840 Just the glass? 17:02.840 --> 17:03.640 Don't touch it. 17:03.640 --> 17:05.640 What's wrong? Is it contagious or something? 17:05.640 --> 17:07.240 Yeah. It's five bucks. 17:07.240 --> 17:08.840 Give me a napkin to wrap it up in. 17:08.840 --> 17:10.040 Oh, a collector, huh? 17:10.040 --> 17:10.840 Yeah, something like that. 17:10.840 --> 17:12.040 Okay, take it. 17:12.040 --> 17:14.040 I had a girlfriend who used to collect beer cans, 17:14.040 --> 17:15.040 but this is a new wrinkle. 17:15.040 --> 17:15.640 Thanks. 17:15.640 --> 17:16.440 Oh, it ain't nothing. 17:16.440 --> 17:18.440 Come back again and get a load of our ice cream dishes. 17:18.440 --> 17:20.440 You'll lose your mind. 17:20.440 --> 17:22.440 Oh, I'm sorry. 17:22.440 --> 17:24.440 I didn't look where I was going. 17:24.440 --> 17:25.240 Yeah. 17:25.240 --> 17:27.240 I hope I didn't break anything of value, Mr. Diamond. 17:27.240 --> 17:29.240 You're going to hog a sidewalk, that's for sure. 17:29.240 --> 17:30.440 Uh, let me help you. 17:30.440 --> 17:31.240 I can make it. 17:31.240 --> 17:32.840 Ah, it's a mess, isn't it? 17:32.840 --> 17:34.840 Taking one of our famous malls back home? 17:34.840 --> 17:36.840 It might be, Jarvis. 17:36.840 --> 17:38.040 I beg your pardon. 17:38.040 --> 17:40.040 I said it might be, Jarvis. 17:40.040 --> 17:42.040 The name's Blackwell, remember? 17:42.040 --> 17:44.040 Oh, yeah, I forgot. 17:44.040 --> 17:46.040 You see, Martin White says he thinks he was a good man. 17:46.040 --> 17:48.040 He's a good man. 17:48.040 --> 17:50.040 He's a good man. 17:50.040 --> 17:52.040 He thinks he was in the service with you. 17:52.040 --> 17:54.040 I told you, I was in the Navy. 17:54.040 --> 17:56.040 I didn't say Martin wasn't. 17:56.040 --> 17:58.040 Well, you're mistaken. 17:58.040 --> 18:00.040 The name's not Jarvis. 18:00.040 --> 18:02.040 Oh, now isn't that funny? 18:02.040 --> 18:04.040 Martin's so sure. 18:04.040 --> 18:06.040 He was even going into New York in the morning to see if he couldn't find some of his old buddies who might have remembered you. 18:06.040 --> 18:08.040 I hope he has a nice trip. 18:08.040 --> 18:20.040 I hope he has a nice trip. 18:20.040 --> 18:22.040 But I don't get it, Mr. Diamond. 18:22.040 --> 18:24.040 Why did you tip him? 18:24.040 --> 18:26.040 Oh, you knew it before I tipped him, Martin. 18:26.040 --> 18:28.040 I don't want him to skip before I can get the information on him. 18:28.040 --> 18:30.040 But now he's sure to take off. 18:30.040 --> 18:32.040 Not until he gets you. 18:32.040 --> 18:34.040 I know, I know you'll try, Nan. 18:34.040 --> 18:36.040 Martin is the only one here at Barrett who can actually identify him. 18:36.040 --> 18:38.040 He knows I'm suspicious of him, so he'll go after Martin first and then me. 18:38.040 --> 18:40.040 He's got to make his play. 18:40.040 --> 18:42.040 But you said that he'd... 18:42.040 --> 18:44.040 Martin, give me your hat and coat. 18:44.040 --> 18:46.040 Why? What are you going to do? 18:46.040 --> 18:48.040 Take your place as night watchman. 18:48.040 --> 18:50.040 Whatever he's going to do, he'll try it tonight. 18:50.040 --> 18:52.040 I want him to try it on me. 18:52.040 --> 18:54.040 No, I won't let you do it. 18:54.040 --> 18:56.040 Look, I've pushed it this far. It's all set up. 18:56.040 --> 18:58.040 Oh, honey, don't let him do it. 18:58.040 --> 19:00.040 Yeah, Mr. Diamond, I... 19:00.040 --> 19:02.040 Now, you two lock yourself in and I'll come back, huh? 19:02.040 --> 19:04.040 Oh, please, Mr. Diamond. 19:04.040 --> 19:06.040 There must be something we can do. 19:06.040 --> 19:08.040 Sure, Nan, there is. 19:08.040 --> 19:10.040 What? 19:10.040 --> 19:12.040 Save me some corned beef and cabbage, huh? 19:16.040 --> 19:18.040 It was dark when I walked out with mine's hat and coat. 19:18.040 --> 19:20.040 Started to cross the campus. 19:20.040 --> 19:22.040 I had a flashlight. 19:22.040 --> 19:24.040 The night was black, solid black. 19:24.040 --> 19:28.040 But I had a feeling that sat on my shoulder and raised goosebumps. 19:28.040 --> 19:30.040 When you've been in this business as long as I have, 19:30.040 --> 19:32.040 that feeling is an alarm ringing inside. 19:32.040 --> 19:34.040 Telling you the trouble is creeping up. 19:34.040 --> 19:36.040 Halfway across the campus, I stopped. 19:38.040 --> 19:40.040 I heard nothing but the usual sounds that come with night. 19:40.040 --> 19:42.040 Dampened, muffled sounds. 19:42.040 --> 19:44.040 I walked on. 19:46.040 --> 19:48.040 And I heard it. 19:48.040 --> 19:50.040 The sound of someone walking well behind me. 19:50.040 --> 19:52.040 I stopped again. 19:56.040 --> 19:58.040 Maybe it was Jive's voice. 19:58.040 --> 20:00.040 I heard it. 20:00.040 --> 20:02.040 Maybe it was Jarvis. 20:02.040 --> 20:04.040 Maybe it wasn't. 20:04.040 --> 20:06.040 There was one way to find out. 20:06.040 --> 20:08.040 Keep going. 20:08.040 --> 20:10.040 If it was anyone with no business with me, okay, he'd stop following. 20:10.040 --> 20:12.040 I cut to my left. 20:12.040 --> 20:16.040 Away from the main walk and toward the shadowy bulk of the college buildings. 20:18.040 --> 20:20.040 I kept going until I reached the gymnasium building. 20:22.040 --> 20:24.040 I was leading my pigeon to me. 20:24.040 --> 20:26.040 But who was the pigeon? 20:26.040 --> 20:30.040 My toes were beginning to turn in so I figured I was. 20:32.040 --> 20:34.040 Then the bulk of a big building popped up in front of me. 20:36.040 --> 20:38.040 I tried the door. 20:40.040 --> 20:42.040 It was open. 20:42.040 --> 20:44.040 I went in, closed the door behind me. 20:44.040 --> 20:46.040 There was no light at all. 20:48.040 --> 20:50.040 Only a funny sound that I couldn't identify. 20:52.040 --> 20:54.040 A peculiar humming and there was a smell. 20:54.040 --> 20:56.040 Chlorine. 20:56.040 --> 20:58.040 Yeah, chlorine. 20:58.040 --> 21:00.040 Now I knew where I was. 21:00.040 --> 21:02.040 An indoor pool. 21:02.040 --> 21:04.040 The hum was the filtering machinery. 21:04.040 --> 21:08.040 I wanted to turn on the flashlight, but in a place like this I couldn't give Jarvis the tip on where I was. 21:10.040 --> 21:14.040 I had to get out, so I felt my way carefully along the tiled floor. 21:14.040 --> 21:22.040 I kept what I guessed was the middle of the walk around the pool and then... 21:22.040 --> 21:24.040 He was in with me. 21:24.040 --> 21:26.040 I stopped, but he didn't. 21:32.040 --> 21:34.040 Wife. 21:34.040 --> 21:36.040 Wife. 21:36.040 --> 21:38.040 I know you're in here. 21:38.040 --> 21:42.040 This couldn't be better. 21:42.040 --> 21:44.040 You're a sap, wife. 21:44.040 --> 21:46.040 Coming in here. 21:48.040 --> 21:50.040 Don't be silly, wife. 21:50.040 --> 21:52.040 You know that door leads to the filtering machinery. 21:52.040 --> 21:54.040 Come on, this way. 21:54.040 --> 21:58.040 It's the only way out and I'll be waiting for you. 22:00.040 --> 22:02.040 Okay. 22:02.040 --> 22:06.040 It's all the same whether you come to me or I go to you. 22:06.040 --> 22:08.040 Stay where you are, Jarvis. 22:08.040 --> 22:10.040 Who's that? 22:10.040 --> 22:12.040 We met before. 22:12.040 --> 22:14.040 You're not white? 22:14.040 --> 22:16.040 No, I'm not. 22:16.040 --> 22:18.040 Diamond? 22:18.040 --> 22:20.040 Yeah, not white and you're not black. You're Jarvis. 22:20.040 --> 22:22.040 Surprised, buster? 22:22.040 --> 22:24.040 What's the difference? 22:24.040 --> 22:26.040 None, I guess. 22:26.040 --> 22:28.040 Where's the real black hole? 22:28.040 --> 22:30.040 Where you're gonna be, Diamond. 22:30.040 --> 22:32.040 Stay right there, Jarvis. 22:32.040 --> 22:34.040 Sure, and let you shoot off your mouse. 22:34.040 --> 22:36.040 All right, Diamond. 22:36.040 --> 22:40.040 It's all the same to me whether I get you first or wife. 22:40.040 --> 22:42.040 I gotta do both. 22:42.040 --> 22:46.040 Now we'll see just how tough you are, Diamond. 22:48.040 --> 22:50.040 Well, the boy's got a gun. 22:50.040 --> 22:51.040 You missed, Diamond. 22:51.040 --> 22:53.040 And too bad the flesh gave you away. 22:53.040 --> 22:55.040 Now I gotta do this fast. 22:55.040 --> 22:57.040 This is it, Diamond. 23:01.040 --> 23:03.040 Diamond, Diamond. 23:03.040 --> 23:05.040 I'm gonna get you. 23:05.040 --> 23:07.040 Well, buster, I got news for you. 23:07.040 --> 23:09.040 I'm not gonna teach you. 23:09.040 --> 23:11.040 This won't take long. 23:11.040 --> 23:13.040 Just enough to get you a little water, log. 23:13.040 --> 23:15.040 Hold your nose, Jarvis. It helps. 23:17.040 --> 23:19.040 Diamond, Diamond. 23:19.040 --> 23:21.040 Martin, lights, Martin. Get him on. 23:21.040 --> 23:23.040 Yeah. 23:23.040 --> 23:25.040 I have to come. 23:25.040 --> 23:27.040 I'll let you do it alone. 23:27.040 --> 23:29.040 I heard the shot and I... 23:29.040 --> 23:31.040 Where's Jarvis? 23:31.040 --> 23:33.040 I think we can take him out now. He's done. 23:33.040 --> 23:35.040 Here, grab him. 23:39.040 --> 23:40.040 Is he dead? 23:40.040 --> 23:41.040 No. 23:41.040 --> 23:42.040 Here, give me your hand, Mr. Diamond. 23:42.040 --> 23:43.040 Wait. 23:43.040 --> 23:45.040 All right, I'll get my breath. 23:46.040 --> 23:48.040 You know, Martin, 23:48.040 --> 23:50.040 Jarvis was a bad soldier, 23:50.040 --> 24:06.040 and the Navy has just been plain lousy. 24:06.040 --> 24:08.040 Mr. Diamond, we're both so grateful. 24:08.040 --> 24:10.040 We've got to pay you something. 24:10.040 --> 24:12.040 Okay, okay. Mail the recipe for your wife's corned beef 24:12.040 --> 24:14.040 to a gal named Helen, huh? 24:14.040 --> 24:15.040 But Mr. Diamond... 24:15.040 --> 24:17.040 Jarvis won't... I mean, he won't... 24:17.040 --> 24:18.040 Come back? 24:18.040 --> 24:20.040 Oh, no, no, no. The Army picked him up. 24:20.040 --> 24:22.040 They've got first crack at him. 24:22.040 --> 24:24.040 Then come the McAllister authorities, 24:24.040 --> 24:26.040 who would like to talk with him about the murder of John Blackwell. 24:26.040 --> 24:28.040 So that's how he got Blackwell's papers. 24:28.040 --> 24:30.040 Sure, sure. Blackwell was alone in the world. 24:30.040 --> 24:32.040 He was going to come here to school, 24:32.040 --> 24:34.040 but Jarvis hitched a ride and, well, 24:34.040 --> 24:37.040 once the guy kills, he'll do it again to beat the rap. 24:37.040 --> 24:39.040 And Blackwell and Jarvis were both from McAllister. 24:39.040 --> 24:41.040 Yeah, yeah. Jarvis figured this college 24:41.040 --> 24:43.040 would be a great hideout under a different name. 24:43.040 --> 24:45.040 Paper's all in order, but, uh, 24:45.040 --> 24:47.040 you saw him and he saw you, 24:47.040 --> 24:49.040 and he put a crimp on his plans. 24:49.040 --> 24:51.040 There on you, you know the rest. 24:51.040 --> 24:52.040 Now I guess... 24:52.040 --> 24:54.040 I'll get it. Be back in a minute. 24:54.040 --> 24:56.040 I'll send your clothes to you when I get back to the city, Martha. 24:56.040 --> 24:57.040 No hurry, Mr. Diamond. 24:57.040 --> 24:59.040 Oh, Mr. Diamond, the phone's for you. 24:59.040 --> 25:01.040 Me? But no one knows I'm here, 25:01.040 --> 25:04.040 but the McAllister police force, Levenson, Otis, Jarvis, Suzy, 25:04.040 --> 25:05.040 the campus and you... 25:05.040 --> 25:06.040 Will he ask for you? 25:06.040 --> 25:07.040 Oh, thank you. 25:07.040 --> 25:09.040 Hello? Diamond? 25:09.040 --> 25:10.040 Uh, Levenson? 25:10.040 --> 25:11.040 Yeah. 25:11.040 --> 25:12.040 Well, what's on your mind? 25:12.040 --> 25:13.040 Are you all right? 25:13.040 --> 25:14.040 Never better. Why? 25:14.040 --> 25:16.040 Because we got the report on Jarvis. 25:16.040 --> 25:17.040 He's a bad boy. 25:17.040 --> 25:19.040 You watch yourself. Don't get caught alone with him. 25:19.040 --> 25:22.040 Oh, sure, sure, Walt. I'll be real careful. 25:22.040 --> 25:25.040 The only place I'll be seen with him is in a swimming pool. 25:25.040 --> 25:26.040 Huh? 25:26.040 --> 25:27.040 I'll cut the wise practice. 25:27.040 --> 25:28.040 Waaah! 25:28.040 --> 25:29.040 What's that? 25:29.040 --> 25:30.040 Did you say something? 25:30.040 --> 25:31.040 Uh, hold it a minute, Walt. 25:31.040 --> 25:33.040 I... I hope they'll shh, please. 25:33.040 --> 25:35.040 Sorry, Mr. Diamond. I guess the phone awakened him. 25:35.040 --> 25:37.040 Diamond. Diamond, what are you doing? 25:37.040 --> 25:38.040 You got asthma? 25:38.040 --> 25:39.040 Quiet, Walt. 25:39.040 --> 25:40.040 Uh, hold it. 25:40.040 --> 25:42.040 A man, a Martin, bring the baby here. 25:42.040 --> 25:44.040 But he's never done this at this time. 25:44.040 --> 25:46.040 Oh, never mind. Bring him here. 25:46.040 --> 25:48.040 Okay, you asked for it. 25:48.040 --> 25:50.040 Now, now, now, baby, baby. 25:50.040 --> 25:53.040 Shh, shh, shh. Stop calling me baby. 26:00.040 --> 26:03.040 It's twilight on the prairie 26:03.040 --> 26:06.040 And the moon will soon be high 26:06.040 --> 26:12.040 She'll be hurting every star up in the sky 26:12.040 --> 26:15.040 We'll lope along to dreamland 26:15.040 --> 26:18.040 And we'll bid each care goodbye 26:18.040 --> 26:23.040 While the wind blows through the sagebrush with a sigh 26:23.040 --> 26:29.040 So hush, little darling 26:29.040 --> 26:36.040 Shh, little dear 26:36.040 --> 26:41.040 Go to sleep, little darling 26:41.040 --> 26:48.040 I'm right here 26:48.040 --> 26:51.040 Let my shoulder be your pillow 26:51.040 --> 26:54.040 You'll be safe as you can be 26:54.040 --> 27:00.040 Little darling, you mean all the world to me 27:00.040 --> 27:03.040 We'll always be together 27:03.040 --> 27:06.040 And I promise faithfully 27:06.040 --> 27:09.040 That your dreams will all come true 27:09.040 --> 27:12.040 Just wait and see 27:12.040 --> 27:19.040 So hush, little darling 27:19.040 --> 27:25.040 Shh, little dear 27:25.040 --> 27:32.040 Go to sleep, little darling 27:32.040 --> 27:39.040 I'm right here 27:41.040 --> 27:42.040 Hello? 27:42.040 --> 27:43.040 Hello. 27:43.040 --> 27:44.040 Hello. 27:44.040 --> 27:46.040 Say, what's going on over there? 27:46.040 --> 27:47.040 Oh, now, hold it a second, Walt. 27:47.040 --> 27:49.040 I got somebody who wants to say hello to you. 27:49.040 --> 27:52.040 That's a good boy. Now, now, say hello to the lieutenant. 27:55.040 --> 27:57.040 Hold this. Get off the line. 27:57.040 --> 27:58.040 Walt. 27:58.040 --> 27:59.040 Yeah? 27:59.040 --> 28:02.040 Bye. 28:19.040 --> 28:23.040 You have just heard Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring Dick Powell. 28:23.040 --> 28:26.040 Ed Begley played Lieutenant Walt Levinson. 28:26.040 --> 28:32.040 Also on the cast were Wilms Herbert, Paul Dubob, Sammy Hill, Jerry Hausner, Jane Webb, and Dave Ellis. 28:32.040 --> 28:35.040 Music was under the direction of Frank Worth. 28:35.040 --> 28:39.040 Richard Diamond is written by Blake Edwards and directed by Russell Hughes. 28:39.040 --> 28:45.040 Dick Powell currently may be seen in the motion picture version of the best-selling novel, Mrs. Mike. 28:45.040 --> 29:03.040 This is Eddie King inviting you to be with us next Sunday at the same time when we will again bring you Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective. 29:03.040 --> 29:04.040 What's on NBC? 29:04.040 --> 29:10.040 Phil Harris celebrates his birthday this evening by getting into just a little more trouble than usual on the Phil Harris Alice Faye Show. 29:10.040 --> 29:17.040 Theatr Gill on the air presents Jane Wyman, Beatrice Pearson, and Mel Ferrer in the psychological melodrama, The Willow and I. 29:17.040 --> 29:23.040 It's the best entertainment on the air, and it's yours for the listening today on NBC. 29:23.040 --> 29:40.040 Now stay tuned for James Melton and the Harvest of Stars on NBC.