:43:01
You heard about the car
fished out of the sea with a corpse in it?
:43:05
No.
:43:07
The dead guy was chauffeur
to a family named Sternwood.
:43:10
Last night he shot and killed
a guy named Geiger in this area.
:43:13
I couldn't bear to hear all this twice.
:43:16
You may as well make a statement
of it at the same time.
:43:20
I told my story.
:43:24
I left out two things,
not knowing why at the time.
:43:27
I left out Camilla's visit
to Brody's apartment...
:43:30
... and Eddie Mars's visit
to Geiger's house in the afternoon.
:43:33
I told the rest of it just as it happened.
:43:36
Sign it.
:43:37
So it seems the chauffeur, Taylor,
committed suicide?
:43:41
- That's my guess.
- Who hid Geiger's body, then?
:43:44
Lundgren must have. I suppose he came
back while I was taking Camilla home...
:43:49
...dragged Geiger's body to the garage...
:43:52
...then decided he hadn't
done right by his friend...
:43:54
...so he came back and
laid him out on the bed.
:43:57
We'll keep the books. These blackmail
notes from General Sternwood are yours.
:44:01
Thank you.
:44:03
And let me tell you something.
:44:06
I'm a close friend of old man Sternwood.
:44:08
In my time I've done all I can
to save him grief, but in the long run...
:44:12
...those girls are bound to do
something no one can hush up.
:44:16
This didn't start with Geiger.
:44:18
It started with Rusty Regan disappearing.
:44:21
What started?
:44:24
I think that's what the old man
really wanted you to find out.
:44:31
It was close to eleven
when I got back to my apartment.
:44:35
I'd concealed a murder
and suppressed evidence for 24 hours...
:44:38
... but I was still at large
and nobody seemed unduly worried.
:44:42
As I got to the door
I heard my television was on.
:44:45
I wasn't in, so I guessed
somebody else must be.