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Good evening, are we having fun yet? Today is Thursday, October first. It's 10 p.m. We are Iistening to KBS news, San Francisco.
Who is it? It's me, Dolly. Come in.
Good evening, Mr. Peabody.
Hello.. Dolly.
Hello. My name is Jack, Jack Stark. I'm a detective. I'm a private detective. I'm 45 years old.. . I'm divorced.
This is my office, 2244 Laguna Street, San Francisco, California, the USA.
Good morning, Jack. Good morning, Nadine.
How are you today? I'm OK. Well, not really, I'm tired and I'm bored. And you?
I'm fine, thanks. Good, then make some coffee.
Where is it? Here it is.
This is Nadine. She's my secretary, my personal secretary. She's 28 and she's not married. She is singIe.
Oh, hello. Nice to meet you.
Answer the phone, Nadine.
Hello. Hello, is this Golden Gate Garage?
No, it isn't. Is this 285 47 90? No, I'm sorry, wrong number.
Who is it? I don't know, wrong number.
Wrong number. This is not my day.
Come in.
How do you do? My name is Mrs. Peabody. Are you Jack Stark? Yes, I am. And this is my secretary, Nadine.
How do you do? Nice to meet you.
Can I heIp you? I hope so. It's about my husband.
Sit down, Mrs. Peabody. Nadine, get a chair, please.
WouId you like a cup of coffee? Tea, please. Of course, Nadine make some tea, please.
Now, what's his name, then? Who?
Your husband. Patrick. His name's Patrick.
And what's his last name? Peabody.
Of course. What's your first name?
PrisciIIa.
That's a nice name. Thank you.
Your first name is PrisciIIa and your last name is Peabody. How do you spell that, please?
What? Your last name. How do you spell your last name?
Oh, my surname. P-E-A-B-O-D-Y.
Nadine, take some notes.
Where are you from, Mrs. Peabody? You have a funny accent.
I'm from EngIand. I'm English.
Is your husband English? No, he isn't. He's American.
Oh, excuse me. The tea is ready. Here, take this.
Get me the typewriter, Nadine.
Let's see,Mrs. Peabody. You're English, you're married, and your husband is American.
You are an excellent detective, Mr. Stark. Thank you, Mrs. Peabody.
Here it is. Thanks.
Well, Mrs. Peabody, some standard questions. What's your address? Where do you Iive?
My address is 3751 Sunrise Lane, San Francisco.
What's your phone number? 2376459.
How old are you? What's your age?
I'm sorry. Now, what's your occupation? What do you do? Are you a housewife?
No, I'm not. I'm a fashion designer. I see.
Now, what does your husband do? What's his occupation? He's a photographer.
WouId you Iike some cookies? Cookies? Oh, biscuits. No, thank you.
Cream? No, thank you.
Sugar? Yes, please.
I'm sorry. Well, don't just stand there. CIean it up.
Shop at Dicey's Department Stores, where women's fashion is our passion.
Nadine, turn off the radio...
Mrs. Peabody, I don't Iike divorce cases. This isn't a divorce case, Mr. Stark. I Iove my husband and he Ioves me.
Then, why don't you go to the poIice? I'm a famous designer, a fashion designer. I don't want the pubIicity.
OK. Don't worry. Now tell me about your husband's routine. What does he do every day?
Well, he usually gets up at 8 o'cIock in the morning. That's earIy!
He aIways has breakfast and reads the newspaper at home.
Then what does he do?
Well, he Ieaves home at 9 a.m. He arrives at his studio at haIf past nine.
He usually works in his studio untiI 6 o'cIock. But he never arrives Iate for dinner.
Do you aIways have dinner together? Yes, we do. Mr. Stark, I'm worried. Where is he?
We have his camera, his wallet, his keys and some photographs.
Yeah. But these photos aren't right. There's no picture of me in there. I know. Be quiet.
Hello. Far East Import Export.
This is Mr. Dicey. Do you have the picture?
No, I don't, but I think his wife has it.
Well, get it! I want the photograph and the negative. You have an hour, SIouch.
Yes, Mr. Dicey. Don't worry. Be happy. Meet me here in an hour.
He wants the photograph and the negative in an hour. Now, these are the Peabody's keys. What's their address?
3751 Sunrise Lane.
CIassy barrio. Let's go.
Now, one more thing, Mrs. Peabody. Can you describe your husband? He's handsome, of course.
Of course. He isn't tall and he isn't short.
Average height? Yes. He's average height. He's got brown hair and big brown eyes.
Mmm...cute.
Do you have a picture of him? No, but I have his pictures.
What do you mean? These are photos of my last fashion show.
Patrick sometimes takes pictures at my fashion shows.
Interesting. And this is his card.
''Peabody's Photo Studio''.
Now, excuse me, Mr. Stark. It's Iate. Don't worry, Mrs. Peabody. I'II find him.
Good-bye, Mr. Stark. Good-bye, Mrs. Peabody...
Nadine, I have a job for you. I know... Type these notes.
No, not that. FoIIow Mrs. Peabody. Really!
That's right. Some reaI detective work. OK. Thanks, Jack.
See you Iater.
Wow! This is a beautifuI house.
There are 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. There's an enormous kitchen and a Iarge dining room.
What are you doing? I'm looking for a photograph, remember?
Oh. I don't think it's here. I know.
Now, what are you doing? I'm writing a note to Mrs. Peabody.
Let's go.
Hello. Hello, Jack. This is Nadine. I'm in front of the Peabody's house.
Where's Mrs. Peabody? She's buying some flowers.
Now she's walking up her front steps.
She's opening the front door.
She's going into her house.
Good work. What are you doing?
I'm looking at Mr. Peabody's photographs. There are Iots of beautifuI modeIs in elegant dresses.
Working hard, eh? Call me Iater.
Wait a minute.
What's this?
Oh my god!
What's happening? Mrs. Peabody, are you all right? No, I'm not...
What are you doing here? Are you foIIowing me? Yes, I am.
That's Iucky... Look at this mess! What's that?
It's a note. What does it say?
Urgent. Bring photos of fashion show. Far East Import Export, Pier 13...
What are you doing? I'm calling Jack.
He's not in the office. He's probabIy having Iunch.
Now what? We can't wait for him. There's no time. Come on!
Dicey's Fall Fashion SaIe starts today. Shop at Dicey's, where women's fashion is our passion.
Oh, my head. Where am I? Who am I? Are you all right?
I think I'm all right. Who are you? What are you doing here?
I'm Jack Stark. I'm a private detective. Are you Mr. Peabody?
I don't know.
Can you walk? I think I can walk.
Where are we going? I'm taking you to my office.
This is Pier 13 and that's Far East Import Export. I can see that.
You wait here.
Dolly, what are you doing here? I can't tell you, Mrs. Peabody.
Do you have the photos? No, I don't.
Who has them? A private detective has them.
A private detective? That's right, Jack Stark.
Jack Stark? Well, you can call him then.
Ten and nine. Nineteen.
It's a sunny day today.
Hello. Listen, Mr. Stark. This is Mrs. Peabody. Do you have that roII of fiIm?
Yes, I do. It's your wife. My wife?
Take it to the Golden Gate Bridge. Meet me there at one o'cIock. It's urgent.
Can you do that? No probIem. I have a surprise for you, Mrs. Peabody.
And I have one for you! Good-bye.
Can't we finish the game? Twenty-one, I win. Come with me.
Where are we going? I want to introduce you to your wife.
Can you see something interesting?
Who are you? I ask the questions. Come on... inside.
Nadine!
Stop her!
I can stop her.
Now you can relax.
Give me the knife.
Lovely view. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge from here.
I know you. You're Mr. Dicey, of Dicey's Department Stores.
That's right, Mrs. Peabody. Women's fashion is our passion. Now, I want that photograph. Give it to me.
I don't have it. Jack Stark has it. He's waiting for me on the Golden Gate Bridge, right now.
Then, he can't save you. Yes, I can.
HeIp! I'm going to fall...
Thank you, Mr. Stark.
Call me Jack.
Great job, Nadine. Thanks. You arrived just in time.
You obviously didn't wait on the Golden Gate Bridge.
No, I didn't. You teIephoned me. I heard the sound of a ship.
A ship's horn. I looked at my watch. It was exactly 12:30.
Then I looked at the newspaper. I read the scheduIe for ship sallings. Here it is.
Friday, October 2nd. 12:30. Pier 13. The Pacific JeweI salling for Hong Kong.
Smart, Jack Where were you last night?
I don't know. I can't remember.
He was in his studio, Mrs. Peabody... OK. What happened?
I entered Mr. Peabody's studio. I didn't want to, but SIouch wanted some photos.
Shut up! Goon.
He waited outside. Then he came in. He hit Mr. Peabody on the head with his camera.
We looked everywhere. But we couIdn't find the right photos.
Why did they want the photos? They didn't want all the photos. They wanted this one.
That's a photo of Dolly.
Dolly and Mr. Dicey and SIouch. Can you see them? What are they doing?
Now I remember. I was at your fashion show last night. I photographed the modeIs.
And I asked you for the roII of fiIm. Do you remember?
Our next modeI is wearing a Iavender dress, a strapIess evening gown designed by the famous fashion designer Mrs. PrisciIIa Peabody
That's it. Finished. Give me the fiIm, dear.
Here you are. See you Iater. I have some work at the studio.
But, what was the money for? What do we have here?
Those are my dresses. These are copies of your dresses, Mrs. Peabody.
Dolly stoIe your designs. I didn't want to.
How much did you pay for them, Mr. Dicey? Too much, Mr. Peabody.
This was not their day. Crime doesn't pay.