:15:00
That's
the manuscript. This is me.
:15:04
Good night,
sweetheart.
:15:05
I'll let you
know what lavery says.
:15:31
Marlowe:
Chris lavery?
:15:32
Yes, sir. That's me.
:15:34
I like your tan.
That's very christmasy.
:15:37
Thank you, sir.
That's very kind of you.
:15:40
Private detective.
Well, i declare.
:15:42
You fellas going
from door to door now?
:15:44
Shame business
is so bad,
:15:45
but i don't
think i can use a private detective.
:15:48
Look, uncle tom,
i don't need a job. I've got one.
:15:51
You're part of it.
:15:52
Well, now, that's
down-right interesting.
:15:54
May i presume
to ask you, sir, who sent you over here?
:15:57
What is it you want?
:15:59
I'm working for
derrace kingsby.
:16:00
Kingsby? Don't tell me
he's down to hiring private detectives.
:16:04
I just wouldn't
believe it.
:16:05
It's pretty far
down, isn't it?
:16:07
Well, sir, i didn't
mean to insult your profession-
:16:09
we're getting along
just fine. How about going inside,
:16:13
or doesn't
southern hospitality extend that far?
:16:16
Pardon me, sir.
You come right on in.
:16:22
My, my.
Cozy little place you've got here.
:16:25
Lavery, why don't
you tell me where mrs. Kingsby is?
:16:29
That way i won't
be bothering you.
:16:30
Mrs. Kingsby? Crystal?
Why, i haven't seen her in a month of sundays.
:16:34
And i've never been
to el paso in my life
:16:37
if that's what you were
going to ask me next.
:16:39
Oh, you know about
the telegram, eh?
:16:41
Why, yes, sir.
Miss adrienne told me.
:16:43
Miss adrienne did,
did she?
:16:44
I'm afraid i must
warn you, miss adrienne likes to romanticize.
:16:47
Anything she may have told
you about me, you must take with a grain of salt.
:16:51
Crystal kingsby's
been gone a month.
:16:52
That telegram's
the only trace,
:16:54
and if that doesn't
mean anything-
:16:56
not as far
as i'm concerned it doesn't, sir.
:16:58
Well, then, there's
nothing to do but go to the cops.