Mr. Wills, what happened to you?
You really don't remember?
No.
Unless we find out a lot more and fast.
That man is going to drown.
I got a report that David Wills is here.
He's lying down.
I got a warrant for his arrest.
$199.98.
This is evidence against his will, and you cannot use it against him.
Because you're a smart lawyer, the man dies.
$199.98.
It's up to you.
So it is.
Now stop breathing.
Permanently or just until you make your move.
Permanently.
Well, that's no way for a man to talk to his dinner guest.
I'll be a very gracious host.
The last of the jovial big spenders.
I can taste that steak now.
Two inches thick and blood rare.
Unkindest cut of all.
Mr. Wills.
Hello, Chief.
What happened to you?
I don't know.
Okay.
Okay.
No head wounds as far as I can see.
Not even a lump.
All right, Mr. Wills, once again.
I'll be in touch.
Okay.
I'll be in touch.
Okay.
I'll be in touch.
Okay.
I'll be in touch.
Okay.
I'll be in touch.
Okay.
I'll be in touch.
All right, Mr. Wills, what happened?
Were you mugged?
Robbed?
I don't know.
You don't know?
I do not remember.
Check your wallet.
It's in my jacket, wherever that is.
I'll be in touch.
You're telling me everything, of course.
I told you I don't remember.
Ten years you've been defending suspects I bring to court,
and you've never forgotten one thing.
Not the smallest, not the most insignificant detail.
I don't know what you're driving at, Ironside,
but this is not a pleasant experience for me.
I've never been through anything like this before.
Unless it suits you.
Whatever my purpose might be,
it does not include standing in front of your office
for five minutes
and not knowing what I was doing there.
I'd like a cup of coffee.
Sure, it just needs heating up.
Black, with half a teaspoon of sugar.
Oh, sure, I'll let you measure it up yourself.
I'll do it.
I'll do it.
I'll do it.
Measure it up yourself.
The only reason you ever came here
was to help one of your clients.
Do we have a case pending now?
You really don't remember?
No.
You should see a doctor.
Do we or do we not have a case between us?
No, we do not.
All right.
Hospital, I think that's the most intelligent thing to do.
Things like this do not happen to me.
Anyone can sustain a head injury?
I'll phone for an ambulance.
No, I have a car.
It's downstairs.
I wouldn't drive if I were you.
I'll have my wife pick me up.
Yes, I do remember my own home telephone number.
I'll call you back.
I remember you in court
challenging the word of a physician
that amnesia could be caused by a blow to the head.
I'll apologize to him.
Hello.
Ellen.
Yes, David.
Now, I don't want you to worry,
but I've been in some sort of an accident.
Are you hurt?
No, it's nothing.
It's nothing.
What happened, David?
I'll tell you later.
Now, what I want you to do is pick me up
and take me to a hospital.
Then you are hurt.
No, it's just a precaution.
Ellen?
Yes, of course.
Where are you?
At Chief Ironside's office.
What are you doing there?
I don't know, all right?
I'm blanked out. I don't remember.
David, David, what is it?
Is it...
Is it that you can't talk freely?
Of course I can talk. There's just nothing to say.
All right.
Now, take a taxi.
And we can use my car from here.
Half a teaspoon, you said?
I don't think I can drink that.
I'm sorry.
I'd like to... I'd like to lie down.
I suppose you think I'm babying myself.
Sleepiness is a symptom of concussion.
I'm not sleepy.
I'm tired, hurt, perhaps a little shock.
Are you sick?
No.
You can use my room.
Come on.
Make yourself at home.
I don't need that.
Hey, if you're in shock, you need to keep warm.
All right.
Thank you.
Well, it's nice to know that you're human.
Yeah.
I guess whenever the Chief and I meet,
the chemistry makes for antagonism.
How come?
Too many moors.
Find something?
Not more blood on this jacket than his wounds would account for.
Well, maybe he got into a fight somewhere.
David Wills is an extraordinarily controlled man.
I've seen him argue a case in court
under the most intense pressure,
sometimes even personal attack.
He never lost his temper.
Okay, but that doesn't rule out a fight.
There are a lot of guys who are sitting in bars
minding their own business.
Any alcohol in his breath?
There have been a lot of guys just walking down the street
minding their own business.
He was driving his car.
Oh, come on, Chief. Now, you know what I mean.
Well, it's about time you got your head around the case.
It's a possibility.
Go on in and see if there were any disturbances
reported tonight.
Where the principals wandered away.
Chief, something just came back to me.
Just came back to me.
Good.
Sounds like footsteps, hollow footsteps.
You were dreaming?
No, no, I've never been so awake in my life.
It was like the sounds were coming out of wood,
a kind of boardwalk, a dot.
At a boat basin? A marina?
Yes.
A cabin cruiser.
It was a fight.
With whom?
No, no, I wasn't fighting.
But you've been roughed up.
There were two men fighting, hurting each other.
On the boat?
Yes.
Then you went aboard.
I must have.
And I'm not sure, but I think there was a man
lying on the deck, unconscious.
What happened to the other guy?
I don't know.
I heard a sound of water.
A faucet, some kind of valve being turned on.
I remember the sound of water coming into the boat.
It's no use.
I can't put the pieces together.
They're just a lot of fragments.
If I'm keeping Ellen, I ought to be in a hospital.
Not yet, Mr. Wills.
What?
You've painted a frightening picture.
If you did hear water coming into a boat,
and if you did see a man unconscious on the deck,
unless we find out a lot more and fast,
that man is going to drown.
Police, Sergeant, please.
This is Ironside. Who's this?
Doctor, what's your background in neuropsychiatry?
Well, you must have someone on call.
Find him, get him to my office immediately.
Yes, it's an emergency.
Hey, Chief.
Yes, on the way.
Fran doesn't answer.
A psychiatrist? Do you think I'm out of my mind?
No, I don't.
It just might help you remember more.
Chief, I am trying...
I'm sure, but if there is a man about to drown...
I know.
Now, how fast was that water coming in?
I can barely remember the water.
Now you want the rate of flow?
Your trousers, are they wet?
No.
Then we might still have time.
If the water was coming in fast, you'd have been soaked.
Can you remember where you were before the boat basin?
Blank.
All right, let's go back farther.
When did you leave your office?
I honestly don't remember leaving the office.
Your secretary could pin it.
No, she was sick. Out.
You remember that?
Yes.
I've just never been through anything like this before.
Violence. I've never been mugged, I've never been robbed.
I've never even been in a fight in my whole life.
All kids fight.
Not even as a kid.
I was taught that violence is a deplorable loss of self-control.
Anybody else, anybody in the world would have gotten into that fight.
Carried the guy to safety.
Summoned, helped.
Well, if we're lucky, the water will have brought him around.
He could have escaped on his own.
No. The door is locked from the outside.
How do you know that?
I don't know.
If the cabin was locked from the outside, then how did you get out?
I don't even know why I said that.
But you did say it.
You went into the cabin, you saw the man on the deck, you heard the water, you were attacked.
Wait. Now let me think this through.
I heard the valve being turned on.
And that means that the man was still on board, and I might have seen him lock the cabin door.
Suppose you were attacked on the dock. Then what?
Your assailant locked the cabin after that, with you half-conscious?
Why wouldn't he leave you there?
You might be able to get the man out, or at least get help.
It just doesn't make sense.
I don't know. I just don't remember anything that happened between the cabin being locked and getting here.
All right. Let's see if you can give us a better description of the boat beyond the cabin cruiser.
A cabin cruiser.
You were on the dock, you heard something aboard the boat, you headed for it. Now how far was it?
I don't know.
Well, do it. The boat would be nose in. Now start for it.
Roughly 15, maybe 20 feet. All right. Go aboard.
She sits level on the water. Now where'd you go?
Where are you going?
Aft. To the cockpit.
How far?
All right. The boat's about 20, maybe 25 feet. Color?
I don't know.
Well, don't stop to think. Your impression. Color.
White.
All right. Back off the way you came.
All right. Now, color of the hull.
That's still got white.
All right, Mark. Get a search started. All cars in marina areas look for a boat about 20, 25 feet, white hull, deck, and probably cabin.
That's like asking them to find a special banana, a yellow one.
I'm Ellen Wills. I understand my husband is...
David?
Ellen, that's not as bad as it looks. I'd like you to meet Chief Ironside.
Mrs. Wills.
My husband's told me a great tale about you, Chief.
Nothing very complimentary, I presume.
Well, he was always very respectful. Are you ready to go?
I'm afraid we can't let him leave just yet. We need his help.
It seems that I've been a witness to a crime, and a man may be badly hurt.
Who?
I, uh, I don't know, but we have to find him.
Where is he?
I can't remember.
You can't remember? David!
Mrs. Wills. Your husband was beaten up.
Yes. This is the first time I've seen him looking anything less than perfect. I mean, he never even cuts himself shaving.
Ellen, now, this isn't funny. If we don't find him, the man may die. The dispatcher is on it, Chief.
The cause will report straight to us.
Thank you. This is my associate, Officer Sanger.
How do you do?
Good evening.
Mrs. Wills, would you mind answering a few questions?
Of course not, if I can.
Won't you sit down?
Now, when did you last talk to your husband today?
Uh, sometime late this afternoon. He phoned me to tell me he wasn't coming home to dinner.
Did he say where he was going?
He wasn't going anyplace. He said he had some work to catch up on, and I assumed he'd be meeting with Lieutenant Reese.
Carl Reese? Police department?
Yes, yes. That was the name he gave me.
Why didn't you tell me?
I thought you knew. He came to the house right after the phone call. I thought it had something to do with the trial.
Trial?
Of an embezzlement case. We just finished it. New evidence.
For the defense, he's on the other side.
Well, what would he want?
More to the point. Did he come to your office? We might be able to pinpoint when you left, if you met with Reese.
No, I don't think I did.
Mark, now the case, you said we...
Tony and I, my partner, Tony Billings.
Then he could have seen you.
No. No, he wasn't in the office today.
I remember because I had to confer with him, and I called his house, and he wasn't home. No, I...
I went to his house, I left the office, and went to talk to him.
Go on.
Can you try to find the lieutenant? It's important.
Put the call out to his car. Tell him David Wills is here.
Yeah. Thank you.
Martha, David, is Tony there?
No, he's not home yet. He said he'd be late.
He's not there.
Let me talk to her.
Hold on.
Mrs. Billings, this is Chief Ironside.
Yes?
Did Mr. Wills stop off at your house earlier today to see your husband?
Why, is there some sort of trouble?
It's important we know, Mrs. Billings.
Yes, of course. He was here about seven o'clock.
How long did he talk with your husband?
Tony wasn't here.
Mr. Wills leave immediately?
Pretty quickly. He was in a hurry.
Now, don't misunderstand what I'm going to say.
Did Mr. Wills seem... well, strange to you, unlike himself in any way?
David? Never. He's Mr. Constant. He was just in a hurry, that's all.
All right. Thank you for your help.
Have your husband call my office as soon as he gets in, will you?
Of course.
Thank you.
Yeah. Bye-bye.
Well, at least we know where you were at seven o'clock.
Right in here, sir. Thanks.
It's Dr. Corwin. I met him outside looking for you.
Well, thank you for coming, Doctor.
Thanks for the call. Stopped me from banging a flesh into a pat full house.
Ed, I'll skip the amenities if you don't mind.
Will you stand by the phones with Mark? He'll brief you.
Sure thing.
Doctor, I'd like you to meet Mr. and Mrs. Wills.
Hello, Mrs. Wills. Mr. Wills.
Mr. Wills is your patient. We need your help with him.
Well, I came straight from my apartment.
I don't think I have enough for a thorough examination.
Right now, we just want you to concentrate on his memory.
He can't remember what happened to him this evening. We have to know.
How'd you hurt yourself, Mr. Wills?
I think I was in a fight.
You think?
I don't know.
Chief, I'm going to have to have x-rays and get him down to a hospital.
There's no time, Doctor. A man's life depends on this.
Sorry, Chief, but I need hospital facilities.
I need him to remember. You must be able to do something.
All right. Where can I examine him?
That room right up there.
Yes, Mr. Wills?
Chief, I...
I'm sorry about the way I acted before.
Now I'm frightened.
Perhaps you should be, Mrs. Wills.
Sit down, please.
You drink, Mr. Wills?
What kind of question is that?
Just routine.
No.
What kind of medication do you take?
What kind of medication do you take?
I know the implication, but I've never needed that sort of thing.
You're a very unusual man.
Now just hold it steady and look straight ahead.
He seems to be all right physically.
I could try hypnosis,
but the success depends on the subject's willingness to cooperate.
You mean David would have to submit himself to your will?
He'll never do it.
He'll never relinquish control over his mind if he can help it.
That was my impression, and he'd have to give consent.
What about narcosynthesis?
Sodium pentothal is hardly a routine medical supply.
Phone for what you need. Tell them it's an emergency.
Rush it.
Hello, Chief.
Good evening, Carl.
I got a report that David Wills is here.
He's lying down.
Good. I'll take him off your hands.
What's that supposed to mean?
I got a warrant for his arrest.
Who filed the complaint?
The A's office.
I don't have to bribe jurors in order to win cases.
Now what's your supporting evidence?
You know I can't tell you that. It's the A's job.
Where's the juror? I want to see him, confront him.
You can have it arranged after you're booked.
I can't tell you anything else.
Well, Carl...
I'll see you later.
I've been chasing him all afternoon.
What's he doing here anyway?
I thought when I got your call that he had surrendered himself to you.
He obviously didn't know about the warrant.
He's here on another matter.
Come on, Chief. You're not putting me on now.
It's not one of your tricks to hang out to somebody
while you work on your own case, is it?
Why do that to you?
You want me to tell you how many times?
Carl, he might have witnessed an attempted murder.
He was attacked and the shock knocked it out of his head.
I need him till he remembers.
And there may not be much time left.
Now, give me the details of that complaint.
There might be some connection.
Complaints are very simple.
He bribed the juror.
$5,000.
Juror's ex-wife found out about the money
and hit him for back alimony.
He refused to pay.
She turned him in.
So he talked. Identified Wills as the man who gave him the money.
Just Wills, not his partner?
Mm-mm. I talked to him.
He says he knows nothing about it and I have no evidence against him.
I've been tangling with Wills for years.
He's tough, but he's always been honest.
Was it a positive I.D.?
Not exactly.
There were phone calls and the money came by mail.
Where's the juror?
Home, I guess.
He was booked, made bail and left.
He's been on the phone for a while.
I guess he was booked, made bail and left.
Huh? Got your connection?
Maybe.
If Wills had caught wind of what was happening,
that may be why he wanted to see his partner.
Chief, in view of this, I think I'd better keep my mouth shut.
Self-incrimination?
Since I don't know what the charge is based on,
I don't know but what I may say may be held against me.
You can't quit.
I have the right to remain silent.
All right, remain silent, but think.
Think of the man you saw beaten,
lying on the deck of that boat,
with the water coming in, rising.
Can we make a deal that what I say cannot be used against me in any way?
No deals.
Then I can't cooperate any longer.
And because you're a smart lawyer, the man dies.
Is that what you want?
All right, I'll keep trying.
Good.
Now, let's think back to the boat basin.
Any distinguishing characteristics?
Was it large, small, new, old?
Have you ever been there before?
I've been to most of them.
I... I don't know.
I remember where I was walking, anyway.
What about the age of the place?
How would I know that?
Rotting wood, creaky boards, splinters.
Just think.
Well, now, I'm not sure if this helps,
but I remember the smelling fresh paint.
Red paint, Ed.
That's blood.
The blood's oxidized. Stains are darker, but not this one.
It's still red.
Now, red paint.
I want you to think. You rubbed against it, elbow high.
Was it a railing, a fence?
I don't know!
Leave him alone. Leave him alone.
Got lucky the first time.
Golden Gate Marina painted ramp railings today red.
Wait a minute. The boat was at the far end of the dock.
Yeah, the far slip.
All right, that's it.
All right, Mr. Wills.
Why don't you rest a little?
Chief, that's the first nice thought you've had about me in years.
It won't last.
I don't think he can take much more of this.
Let's hope he won't have to.
This is Reese.
I'm sending all units down to the Golden Gate Marina.
And an ambulance.
It's a mess, isn't it?
It sure is.
I've let you down.
Why do you say that?
I can't remember where a trapped man is dying.
I'm under arrest for bribing a juror.
David, all of that's going to be straightened out. You know that.
But I'm falling apart.
I am really falling apart.
I'm trying to hide it.
But I cannot pretend anymore.
I can't.
Forgive me. I can't.
I've never seen you like this.
I'm sorry.
No, no.
No, there's nothing to be sorry about.
There's nothing to be ashamed about.
You need me.
For the first time in our lives, you've come to me as someone who needs me.
But you should...
David, when we first got married,
I thought you'd make me part of you.
I thought we'd share things. I thought we'd be part of each other.
Until... until...
this... it never happened.
You never told me that before.
That was the way you wanted it.
That was the way you were.
And I... I...
I did what you expected of me.
I suppose that's the way I am.
Or was.
I don't know what I am now.
Well...
whatever you are,
maybe that's a beginning.
Do you see it?
You made good time. No sweat.
Officer.
What's wrong? Are you sick?
Not at the moment. What are you doing here?
I was just on my way home and I saw the ambulance downstairs.
Dr. Corwin, this concerned young lady is another member of my staff, Officer Belding.
Miss Belding? How do you do?
Relax, Fran. Join the party.
There will be no partying when on duty.
But I was just on my way home.
Correction. Were. Now you are.
On duty.
I'm ready whenever you are, Chief.
Let's give Ed and Mark a few more minutes.
Yes? Talk to you on the phone.
Oh, yeah. You got a cruiser here, about 20, 25 feet, white.
And slip on one of the docks.
Hmm.
Oh, yeah.
Max fourth. Slip 15.
Let's go. Let's go, please.
Very well, Mark. Stay there and keep this line open.
All right, Doctor. Now it's going to be up to you.
You're still here.
I'm still here.
I'm glad.
I'm glad.
Did they find it?
The boat's gone.
Gone?
I thought you were unconscious when the boat was moved,
or the man came back after you'd gone.
I don't remember the boat being moved.
We can still try sodium pentothal.
Will you accept that anything I say of a self-incriminating nature
will be considered as against my will and therefore not admissible?
That's up to the court.
David has a right to protect himself.
But a man not guilty of a bribery charge
wouldn't have much to worry about, now, would he?
I've been a lawyer too long for you to pull that on me.
All right. What's it going to be? Yes or no?
If I were in my right mind, I'd say no.
But I'm not.
I'm not.
All right, Mr. Wills, I want you to start counting backwards from 100.
100, 99, 98...
Slower.
97, 96, 95...
Just hang on, Mom.
92...
90...
94...
93...
Can you hear me, Mr. Wills?
Yes.
Mr. Wills, what time is it?
I don't know.
It's early evening, about seven.
Seven.
You're driving up to Tony's house.
Tony.
I have to see Tony.
Why do you have to see Tony?
The case.
I have to see him about the case, talk to him.
Something's wrong.
What's wrong?
I need to see him.
Oh, Martha, I'm sorry to disturb you. Is Tony in?
Oh.
What time are you expecting him back?
No, no, I've got to talk to him.
No, I've already had some.
Thanks. Bye, Martha.
Where are you going?
Marina.
Why?
I have to.
Why do you have to?
I...
promised...
not to tell.
What did you promise not to tell?
I...
can't tell about the boat.
I promised.
But you're going to the boat.
Going to the boat.
You're walking toward the boat?
Walking.
Where is it?
Down there, end of the dock.
Slip 15.
Slip 15.
Mr. Wills.
Are you going aboard?
Aboard.
What do you see?
Going.
What are you doing?
It's done.
The fight is over.
The fight is done.
It's done.
It's done.
Do you see anyone starting up the engines?
Do you see anyone letting go of the lines?
Unless he's triggered, he won't relive it.
Mr. Wills, there's someone starting up the engines of the boat.
Do you see him?
Do you see him letting go of the lines?
Maybe he didn't see anyone.
Of course he didn't.
But he said something.
Mr. Wills.
The boat is moving.
Moving.
Where is it going?
Up.
Up where?
Shallow channel, tall weeds.
Shallow channel.
Marsh, isn't it?
Marsh.
Mark, is there a marsh area near you?
Mr. Wills.
The boat is hidden there?
Hidden.
Tell him to move.
Okay.
That marsh area.
What's the fastest way to get there?
The fastest way to get there.
Okay. That marsh area. What's the fastest way?
My boat.
Call the coast guard. Tell him to pick us up.
How did you know?
Because he didn't see anyone.
And I'm getting it.
Give us the rest of it now. Mr. Wills, do you hear me?
Yes.
It's six o'clock.
You are in your office.
The phone is ringing.
Answer your phone.
Hello?
I don't understand.
I don't understand. You've got the wrong person.
I never sent you any money.
You told them what?
But I never sent you any money. How could you do that?
Hello? Hello?
Who was that?
West... Westover.
The juror.
What did Westover tell you?
Arrested.
He said he told them all about it.
On bail.
Leaving town.
He was warning you?
That's enough. I will not let David incriminate himself.
He hasn't yet.
Mr. Wills, where are you going?
Tony...
Maybe he knows.
But he wasn't home.
I have to go to the boat.
Whose boat?
Tony's boat.
Tony doesn't have a boat?
No one knows about Tony's boat, do they?
Except you and Tony?
I...
promised not to tell him.
Why doesn't he want anyone to know?
Girls.
Tony likes girls.
Mr. Wills, now you're walking toward the boat.
Tony must be there.
You're... aboard the boat.
You see something.
Tony!
Does he see you?
He's smiling. He's smiling at me.
Tony, I gotta talk to you.
Westover called me.
Something's gone wrong.
He said that I was gonna have to get out of town.
That I'd be arrested.
He said that I bribed him.
Tony, stop laughing.
This is no laughing matter.
He told the police that I bribed him.
You what?
Why?
But I didn't.
You always had your share of clients.
Sometimes more. I was generous.
You're not going to do this to me.
Even if I cleared that scandal.
That... that...
You're gonna tell the truth.
I'm gonna beat the truth into you.
Tell the truth.
I built my life on making my reputation.
And you're not going to ruin it.
You're not gonna ruin me.
David!
David!
What are you going to do now?
You going to move the boat?
I have to...
hide the boat.
Sink it so they can't find him.
He couldn't see the man at the wheel.
Because he was the man.
Rope burn, right palm.
Mud from the marsh is on his shoe.
You can't use this.
This is evidence against his will.
And you cannot use it against him.
He needs... he needs help.
He'll get help, Mrs. Wells.
Years of hiding.
Hiding.
Anger. Hiding.
Outrage.
He couldn't do it anymore.
He couldn't do it.
He had to let it out.
He had to. Please help him.
We have enough, Doctor.
Mr. Wells, you haven't finished counting yet.
Ninety.
Ninety-one.
Ninety-two.
Ninety-three.
Chief Arnsheim's office.
Yes, Mark.
Right. Okay.
Billings is all right.
They're taking him to the hospital now.
They're good.
Carl, you think an investigation will prove Billings is your man?
Better than even chance.
But there's the assault with intent.
Oh, he came here to tell me about it, didn't he?
Trying to save Tony's life?
I'd say that would count for something.
Well, did I say anything important?
From the minute you walk through my door.