Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Where did you learn that? At the actors' school?
Go on. Volponi was shot.
"'The faces they wear for the public,
No, I don't know.
He said he'd speak to Gifford
was a form of blackmail.
in connection with the case presently at bar.
But there wasn't anything in the agreement
on a play you hadn't even read?
when I start talking to them.
Your witness, Mr. Mason.
( noirish jazz theme playing )
( dialing phone )
( door closes )
You ain't listening to me, Ernie.
Now, you've got the money.
It's in all the papers.
that...counsel having opened the door, we can all walk in.
You must be out of your mind.
HELEN: John's right.
but I'm almost sure he didn't kill Royce.
with the New York police about Brooks' record,
Shakespeare also said...
Well, we'll know when the curtain falls
You're lying, Ernie.
I'm coming back here later tonight
Thank you, Mr. Burger.
came from the same gun that killed Volponi
BROOKS: They come together. They always did.
Get it back.
The backer gave you money.
I-- It's out of my hands.
"Gilbert says, 'Perhaps. We'll see.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Is the Royce play based on the Volponi murder?
Not even from our producer?
It belongs on a stage,
Yes, it's urgent.
Your Honor... I do not dispute
Oh, I talked it over with my tax man.
was deposited by him to his account at that time.
The district attorney knows very well
Hello, Michael.
Same way he got it 12 years ago.
I'll be too busy. ( sighs angrily )
I have no further questions of this witness, Your Honor.
Have you forgotten? The last act is missing.
and takes 12 years to do it.
Has Mr. Burger read the play?
and immaterial and irrelevant.
by Ernest Royce, the playwright,
( mysterious theme playing )
I'll reserve my comment
and you'll have to get yourself another sucker to back you.
Was he with you all the time you were transacting
publish anything if you pay
Four. All flops.
Michael, please. Just relax.
And all those years, I--
The characters are confused.
...you covered a great many things
But they never even got a clue to the killer.
I call James West to the stand, please.
unusual for a star like Miss Dwight
Here.
Alrighty.
We were all invited to dine with Brooks
There wasn't anything said about any money back.
Is this wrong?
I said I'm taking my money
I, uh-- I've been trying to catch up
Don't blame me when you're finished.
Wasn't this money offered to you
are you aware of any relationship
which has heretofore been marked
( chuckling ): "If I live to finish it.'
An exciting eve--
without first having read the play?