Busty Housewives of Beverly Hills (2012) - full transcript
When Rinaldi, the World's Worst Hypnotist, inherits a mansion in Beverly Hills with his wife, he also acquires a magical amulet that gives him special power over women.
[saxophone music]
[gentle mysterious music]
- Kate, Kate, get in here quick.
- Doug, I was in the
middle of a palm reading.
I think she was gonna upgrade
to the Premium Spirit
Summoning package.
- I think I just saw
something in the crystal ball.
- Oh, Doug.
- No really, I can feel
my powers returning.
- Doug, did you ever
really have any?
- You doubt me?
I mean, I was the
amazing Rinaldi.
I astounded people
across this country
with my mental skills, okay.
Fortune telling, mind
reading, hypnotism.
- I know. I wrote the copy
for the advertisement.
But honestly, have you
really had any insight?
- You doubt me.
- No. Just tell me what you saw.
- I'm not really
sure what I saw.
I'm getting that
feeling again, okay.
Look, why don't
we try this, okay?
All right.
The four of clubs?
- Yes.
- Really?
[mysterious music]
The eight of diamonds.
- Right again.
- Okay, one more.
- The ace of spades.
- You're amazing.
- Okay, you know this means
that I have to try hypnotizing.
- No, hypnotizing never
works out right for you.
- Yeah, but that's before.
Now I'm feeling it
again. I'm feeling it.
- No, it got us kicked out
of the show in Cleveland.
- Look, this isn't a show.
You gotta let me at least try.
[sighing]
Okay.
[mysterious music]
Keep your eye on the watch.
You're getting
very, very sleepy.
- Very, very sleepy.
- When I snap my
fingers, you will be
completely under my command.
- Under your command.
[fingers snapping]
- You find me
irresistibly attractive.
- Irresistibly attractive.
- You have an uncontrollable
urge to have sex with me.
- Oh yes.
[gentle music]
[upbeat music]
[saxophone music]
- Oh, Doug, that was fantastic.
- Thanks.
Wait a second, you're still
supposed to be under hypnosis.
- Oh, well, I felt
bad, so I faked it.
- You were faking?
- Only the hypnosis part.
- Hey, look, the
new stock came in.
- [Doug] Throw all
this junk away.
- Junk? We paid good
money for this stuff.
Money we don't
have, I might add.
- We don't need it
anymore. It's all trash.
- Have you lost your mind?
- Just read this. You
remember my Aunt Bessie?
- Yeah, the mystic
healer who got you
into all of this mumbo-jumbo.
- Exactly, well, she
passed away last week.
- Oh, so much for
the mystic healing.
- Look, Aunt Bessie
mighta been an eccentric,
but she was also loaded.
- Oh, too much liquor, huh?
- No, the other kinda loaded.
Filthy rich.
- Really?
- Uh-huh, she left
us her mansion.
- What?
- That's right, baby,
pack up your things.
We're moving to Beverly Hills.
[shrieking]
[upbeat music]
- This is just amazing.
It's everything you
said it would be.
- Yep, it's completely
furnished, and it's paid for.
This is the life I always
promised you, honey.
- I could not be happier.
[doorbell ringing]
Hey, our first visitors.
Hi.
- We're your new neighbors.
- We brought pie.
- How lovely. Come in.
Honey, these are
our new neighbors.
- Hi, I'm Peter Wells.
This is my wife, Patricia.
- It's nice to meet you.
- Hi, I'm Doug Nelson,
and you've already
met my wife, Kate.
- I'm George Hamwell.
- And I'm Amy Hamwell,
hello [chuckles].
- Why don't I get
us some drinks?
- Sounds great.
- Yeah, sure.
- And why don't you join me?
- Oh, okay.
- Okay.
- George Hamwell, why does
that name sound so familiar?
- Well, I don't
wanna be immodest,
but perhaps you've seen
one of my pictures.
I'm a movie producer.
- Hm, what movies
have you produced?
- Well, most know me
from the Giant Slime
Creature From Venus.
- Nope, didn't see that one.
- The Three-Eyed
Monster From Planet X?
- Don't think so.
- Perhaps Scorpion Killer
Versus the Giant Sasquatch.
- Oh, I did see that one once.
- Well there you go.
- On the Late Late Late Show.
- Yes.
Well, Peter here is
in the oil business.
- Oh really?
- That's right. West Star Oil.
We operate some of
the biggest offshore
oil rigs in California.
- [Doug] Really?
That sounds exciting.
- So what do you do
for a living, Doug?
- I used to have a
little magic act.
You know, card
tricks, mind reading.
Hypnotism.
- Really?
- Here we are.
- Thank you.
- Doug, Amy was telling
me that George here
is a movie producer.
I used to be an actress myself.
- Is that right?
- Well, mainly background work,
but I was on my way
up when I met Doug.
- Yes, and it's been
all downhill ever since.
Just a little joke, dear.
[scoffing]
- I was just telling
Amy how great
it is to live in Los Angeles.
[gasping]
- My dear, this is
not Los Angeles.
This is Beverly Hills.
- Right.
[throat clearing]
- Well, Doug was just telling us
that he used to be a hypnotist.
- Oh he did, did he?
Thought we weren't
gonna talk about that.
- Just sorta came out.
- Anyway, I think
it'd be great fun
if he hypnotized one of us.
- No, I couldn't.
- Oh yes, yes, me,
me, me, hypnotize me.
- Okay, well, I guess
I could give it a shot.
- Yay!
[soft piano music]
Okay, um.
Keep your eye on the watch.
You're getting sleepy.
- Sleepy.
- Very sleepy.
- Oh, I think it's working.
- If you say so.
- Now when I count to
three and snap my fingers,
you'll be in a deep, deep sleep.
One.
Two.
Three [snaps fingers].
[soft piano music]
- Well, Doug.
- Doug, I think you
actually did it.
- Nope, just kidding [laughs].
Sorry, guys [laughs].
- I thought so.
- Oh well, better
luck next time.
- Yeah, there are just, there
are too many distractions
going on right now.
- Sure, sure, sure, sure.
Hey, look, we've gotta be going.
Welcome to the neighborhood.
- Yes, we should be
on our way as well.
Listen, Doug, Peter and I have
a golf game scheduled next week.
You should join us. Do you play?
- Golf? Yeah, of
course I do, I play.
- And how about you, Kate?
What are you doing tomorrow?
How about a shopping
spree, just us girls?
I have to introduce you
to the shops on Rodeo.
- That would be great.
- Yay.
- Well, thanks for coming over.
It was really great
to meet you guys.
- Yeah.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
[door opening and closing]
- Really, Doug?
- What was I supposed
to do? You saw.
Guess I gotta go get
some golf clubs now.
[gentle music]
- Thank you.
I'm telling you, Peter, there
is something about those two.
- They seem perfectly
normal to me.
- Normal for Topeka, maybe,
but they just don't seem
like our kind of people.
- Well they're showbiz types.
They're bound to
be a bit eccentric.
- George is in show business.
It's a legit show business.
But hypnotism, really?
- You're just being fussy.
I'm sure everything'll
turn out all right.
- Maybe.
- Now, how about you and I
get upstairs and
have a little fun?
- Oh, Peter.
I have a splitting headache.
- Yes, the longest
continuous headache
in the history of mankind.
- Shouting won't help, dear.
Good night.
[mysterious music]
- Hey, you know, I
think I'm gonna ask Doug
if he wants to invest
in my next picture.
- Are you sure
that's a good idea?
I'm not sure they
have that kinda money.
- Well that house isn't
cheap, even in today's market.
They have to have some money.
- Well you probably have
to give his wife a role.
Don't think I didn't notice
how she happened to mention
that she was an actress
after you mentioned
you were a producer.
- And don't think I
didn't notice you drooled
at the sight of her husband.
- Aw, is my man jealous?
- Always.
- Well, he was super
cute, and I wouldn't mind
a tussle with that
wife of his, either.
But right now, I wanna
take care of you.
- You vixen.
[laughing]
- Mm.
[soft romantic music]
- Thank you so much for
taking me around today.
- Oh no problem.
It is so nice to have someone
new in the neighborhood.
- Yeah, I'm sorry
about that whole
hypnotism thing yesterday.
- Oh no, don't worry about it.
It was all in good fun.
You know, I never
really believed in
any of that stuff anyway.
- Okay, good.
- You know, Kate, George
and I would like to meet
with you and Doug some evening.
We may have a
proposition for you.
- Oh my gosh.
Amy, okay, I'm super
flattered, and I've heard
about these Beverly Hills open
marriages, but I don't think
it's something that Doug
and I are really into.
- No, I meant a
business proposition.
- Okay, I'm embarrassed.
[laughing]
- But now that you mention
it, keep an open mind.
[birds singing]
[knocking on door]
- Coming.
- Are you Doug Nelson?
- Yes.
- The Doug Nelson who is
related to Elizabeth Nelson?
- Elizabeth?
You mean Aunt Bessie?
- Aunt Bessie?
Yes, she's the one.
- You knew Aunt Bessie?
- Oh, I knew her
quite intimately.
- I see.
- Doug, when your
aunt passed away,
she left instructions for
me to deliver this to you.
- What is it?
- The answer to your dreams.
- Okay, again, what is it?
- Many people considered your
aunt a hoax, a charlatan,
a snake oil salesman dressed
in a skirt, if you would.
Perhaps the same has
been said about you.
- Well, everything
except the skirt part.
- Oh, yes, of course.
But Elizabeth was
much more than that.
She truly knew the mystic
secrets of ancient Tibet.
And the power of hypnotism.
- Look, I've been through
this all before, okay.
I don't wanna get run
outta Beverly Hills
like I was run outta Cleveland.
- Oh, you misunderstand
me, my boy.
This is the genuine article.
With this jewel,
you will be granted
the power of hypnosis that
you have always wanted.
- Sure.
- I see that you
don't believe me.
Very well.
All I ask is that you try
it before you dismiss it.
But beware, the power of
the jewel can be corrupting.
- Whatever you say, man.
- Douglas, don't
take this lightly.
With great power comes
great responsibility.
You must always use
the jewel for good.
And never for evil.
- Well, thanks for the tip.
But you should
probably be going now.
I'm really busy here.
[soft music]
- Good day, madam.
- Good day.
- Sorry about that.
- Who was that?
- Just a door-to-door salesman.
- Hm, we're not supposed to
have those types around here.
- I'm sure he won't be back.
What can I do for you?
- Well, I hate to impose
on a new neighbor and all,
but I am making dinner tonight,
and I ran out of cooking sherry.
So, I was hoping that
you would have some.
- You know, the place was
fully stocked when we moved in,
so I'm not sure.
Why don't we go take a look?
- Thank you.
[light music]
- I'm just gonna check in the
kitchen cabinet over here.
- Okay.
[light music]
Hm.
[light music]
- I'm sorry. It looks like we
don't have any cooking sherry.
- That's okay.
- But.
I do have this.
[mysterious music]
You are now under my command.
- I am under your command.
- Holy cow, it works.
- Touch your nose.
Jump up and down.
Cluck like a chicken.
[imitating chicken]
Okay, Patricia, here's
what we're gonna do.
From now on, when you hear
somebody say wait three times,
you're gonna have the
uncontrollable urge
to have sex with that person.
- I will have an
uncontrollable urge.
- Okay, wake up [snaps fingers].
- Doug, what?
- I'm sorry, we don't
have any cooking sherry.
- I'm gonna go.
- Okay.
Wait, wait, wait.
[romantic music]
- Come here, you
big hunk of a man.
[upbeat music]
[moaning]
- You will forget all
about this encounter.
- I will forget.
[fingers snapping]
- Good.
- Honey, I'm home.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hey.
Oh, Patricia, what
are you doing here?
- I, um.
- Patricia came by to see if
we had any cooking sherry,
but we don't.
- Right.
- So she's gonna be going now.
- Right.
- Well, it was great to see you.
- Yeah, goodbye.
- That was strange.
- Yeah, you know,
crazy neighbors.
So, what's with all the stuff?
- Amy took me shopping.
- Did you have to
buy the entire store?
- Honey, if we're gonna
live in this neighborhood,
with these friends,
it's what's expected.
We're just gonna have
to figure out a way
to make some
serious money, fast.
- No, I can't.
- You know, Doug, I'd love
to talk to you sometime
about investing in
my next production.
- Oh, aren't movies
a risky investment?
- With my track record, hardly.
Besides, Peter's investing.
- That's right, gotta figure out
what to do with
all that oil money.
- So what kinda money are
we talking about here?
- Hardly much at all.
I just need to fill
some gaps in the budget.
Just a million or two.
- Oh, is that all?
[birds singing]
- Sorry you had such
a bad day, Doug.
If I didn't know better,
I'd say you'd never played
golf before in your life.
- Yeah, I can't remember
the last time I saw
anyone shoot a 200.
- Over par.
- Just unlucky today, I guess.
- What's this?
One of your mystical hoohas?
- No no, wait, don't
mess with that.
[mysterious music]
- What?
What just happened?
Peter, Peter.
What have you done?
[soft music]
- Now I've done it.
- [Kate] We're just gonna
have to figure out a way
to make some
serious money, fast.
- Tell me all your
secrets for making money
that nobody knows.
- I take millions from investors
and make shitty
movies for peanuts.
- Wait a minute.
That's a project you
wanted me to invest in?
- Yes.
On paper, they cost millions.
In reality, I spend hundreds.
- Doesn't anybody ever catch on?
- With a title like Invasion
of the Swamp People,
no one expects much.
- And what do you
do with your money?
- It's all in an
offshore account.
Cayman Islands, great
place to do business.
- And Peter's in on this too?
- No, I'm gonna take his
money as well [laughs].
- Oh really?
Hm.
[fingers snapping]
- What the hell just happened?
- Well, Georgie boy, you
know I'm a hypnotist.
- Yeah, but I
thought a lousy one.
- Apparently not.
I had you under just now,
and you told me some
rather interesting things.
- It was a college thing.
Everyone experimented.
- No no, not that.
About your cheapo movies
and your fake investments
and your offshore accounts.
- Oh, damn.
- So, unless you want
me to spill the beans
to Peter over here,
or go to the cops,
I think you and
I need to come up
with some kinda
payment arrangement.
- You're blackmailing me?
- You're cheating
your investors.
- Good point.
All right, Nelson,
what do you want?
- You know, I think
two million dollars
doesn't sound unreasonable.
- It's damn unreasonable.
- You didn't say
that this morning.
You said two million dollars
was hardly anything at all.
- Yes, but that was
your two million.
- And it will be mine,
once you give it to me.
- Well I guess I have no choice.
- Now you're talking.
- Oh, sorry, I didn't
know it was that valuable.
- That's okay, just a
family heirloom, you know.
- Well gosh, guys, I gotta
get home to the little woman.
- I gotta get going too.
Let's do this again sometime.
- Matter of fact, why
don't we do it tomorrow?
Why don't we all get together
and have a few drinks?
You guys can bring the wives.
- Sounds good to
me. We'll be there.
- Yeah, great.
- We'll see you.
- Okay.
- I can't believe it. I
just can't believe it.
That bastard. That lowlife,
dirty, rotten, stinking.
- George, George, who
are you talking about?
- That new idiot
neighbor of ours.
- Slow down, slow
down. What happened?
- We were golfing today, right?
- Right?
- And I was gonna ask
Doug about investing
in the new Swamp People movie.
- Right.
- Well, we get back
to Doug's place.
- No, no, wait,
don't mess with that.
- What just happened?
- Tell me all your
secrets for making money.
- I take millions from investors
and make shitty
movies for peanuts.
- I think you and
I need to come up
with some kinda
payment arrangement.
- And he wants two
million dollars.
- That son of a bitch.
And to think I was
gonna have sex with him.
- Yeah. Wait, what?
- Nothing, nothing.
I bet that tramp wife
of his is involved too.
- I can't believe someone's
trying to blackmail me, me.
- So are you gonna pay?
- Hell no, you know
all of our assets
are tied up in those
offshore investments.
I couldn't even lay my
hands on two million
in cash if I wanted to.
- So what are we gonna do?
- You know, I've
got just the thing.
[mysterious music]
- What's that?
- Oh nothing, just something
left over from the shop.
- Oh, right, well, good night.
- Hey, Kate?
- Mm.
- Did you mean it
when you said we had
to find a way to
make a lotta money?
- Well, honey, we live in
Beverly Hills, and I know we own
the house outright,
but keeping up
with these housewives
is gonna be expensive.
- What if I can't find a way?
- You always find a way.
I have faith in you.
Plus, I'm worth it.
- Great.
[upbeat music]
- Are you sure we're
in the right place?
- Yes, this is the right place.
- I've never been in a
place this seedy before.
- I met you in a
place like this.
[soft music]
- So how do you know
this guy anyway?
- He was recommended
to me by some friends.
- Who recommends hitmen?
- I have a list of references,
if you'd like to see them.
- No no, that's quite all right.
Carmine.
- Yeah.
- I'm George Hamwell.
- Aint that nice.
- Well you may have heard
of me. I produce movies.
- Really, which ones?
- Well the Giant Slime
Creature From Venus.
- Nope.
- The Three-Eyed
Monster From Planet X.
- Never heard of it.
- Scorpion Killer Versus--
- George.
- All right, it's not important.
I've got a job for you.
- Did you bring the cash?
- 50,000, just like you asked.
- I'm assuming I don't
have to count this.
- I don't think he can count.
- No no, it's all there.
- Who's the guy you want iced?
- His name is Doug Nelson.
Here's the address.
- Okay.
[soft music]
You and I will never
see each other again.
You, however, I will
see in my dreams.
- Ew.
Hm.
[soft music]
[suspenseful music]
[sighing]
- Peter, Peter, Peter.
I heard something. I heard
something downstairs.
- Hm, what?
- Downstairs, I heard something.
- You're just having one
of your anxiety attacks.
Go to sleep.
- No, Peter, seriously.
- Sleeping pills in
the medicine cabinet.
- Oh.
[mysterious music]
- Ow, ow, hey, wait, wait, wait!
- I have an uncontrollable
urge to have sex with you.
- Excuse me.
- Shut up and take your
clothes off. Come here.
Oh.
- You're something.
I've waited for someone
like you all my life.
[soft music]
[moaning]
- Oh.
I'm sorry. I don't
know what came over me.
- No need to apologize,
baby. You're a sexual dynamo.
Inside that prim and
proper was a wildcat
waiting to get out.
- Yeah, I know.
Wait a minute, who are you,
and what are you
doing in my house?
- Oh yeah, I forgot.
I'm here to kill your husband.
- You're here to kill Peter?
- Doug.
- Doug?
Doug Nelson?
- Yeah.
- Doug doesn't even live here.
[papers rattling]
- 7212 Maple Lane?
No.
This is 7221.
- Oh, George is an idiot.
He must be dyslexic
or something.
- George?
George Hamwell?
- That's the guy.
- Why would George
wanna kill Doug?
- I don't know.
It's an investment scheme
or something gone wrong.
I don't care, baby. I
don't care about that.
All I care is about you.
- Don't, don't,
don't. Down, boy.
- But I gotta have you.
- Ts, ts. All in due time.
Wait a minute.
If George is up to what
I think he's up to,
I think I might be
able to use your help.
You up for that?
- I would do anything for you.
- Oh.
I'm Patricia, by the way.
- Carmine.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
[soft music]
- [Kate] Hey, thanks for coming.
- Oh, we wouldn't miss it.
- Oh, Amy, George. How
nice to see you both.
- Patricia.
- How have you been?
- Oh just peachy.
- Hello, George.
- Peter.
- I must say, Patricia,
you're looking
particularly vibrant today.
- Oh really?
Must be this new
face cream I have.
- Oh well, whatever it
is, I want some [laughs].
- No.
- Sorry.
- I mean, I think
I'm almost out.
- Hey, be careful, Doug, if
I know George, he'll have you
investing in his movie before
you're finished with
the first round.
- Oh, I don't think so.
- He says all he needs
is a couple more million.
- Yeah, two million dollars,
hardly anything at all, right?
- Well I wouldn't say that.
- But you did say that.
- You did.
- Perhaps I was a
bit hasty, okay.
It is a substantial
amount of money.
But a good investment.
- Oh, I'm sure it is.
- Well, in any case,
maybe George can give you
a few pointers on
the golf course, huh?
- Sure, anytime.
- Patricia, is everything okay?
- What? Oh, yeah.
Excuse me, Kate, can you tell
me where your restroom is?
- Yeah, it's down
past the bedroom.
- Oh, thank you.
[soft music]
- That was odd.
- Yes, it was. Excuse me.
- Sure.
[soft music]
- What took you so long?
- I had to wait for Amy
and George to get here.
Now, you're gonna stick
with the plan, right?
- The plan? Yeah, the plan.
I intimidate George
into revealing
that he hired me to kill Doug.
- And that he's
ripping off my husband.
- Right, right.
You know, that's
not much of a plan.
- He's right.
[gasping]
- Sic her, Carmine.
- Wait. Wait, wait!
- Oh, mm.
[soft music]
- Boy.
[soft music]
- So, Peter, tell me
about the oil business.
It sounds fascinating.
- Well, there's not that
much to tell really.
You know what they
say. Oil is money.
- Is that what they say, really?
- Sure, yeah, black
gold, Texas tea.
Except in my case it's
more like California latte.
[laughing]
- Well I'm glad to hear
that you're doing so well.
- Oh, quite well.
- Oil's well that ends well.
- Well, looks like everyone
could use a new drink.
George, do you wanna
help me in the kitchen?
- Uh, yeah, sure.
- Okay.
- Hm.
- Listen, Kate,
whatever your husband
has told you, it's not true.
- Actually, I wasn't really
here to talk about my husband.
- You're not?
- No.
I was wondering if you
could possibly cast me
in your next movie.
- Oh, oh, well. I can
certainly consider it.
- I mean, it doesn't
have to be a big part.
The female lead is fine.
- Well, you know I do
all my own auditions.
- Mm-hm. I'm ready.
- Well action.
[soft saxophone music]
- I wonder what's
keeping everybody.
- I don't know. Oh, Kate.
- Hey, I'm right here, Doug.
- Weren't you getting drinks?
- Oh.
- The drinks can wait.
I have something
far more important.
- What is it, honey?
- Carmine.
- Carmine?
Amy, what's going on?
- George, just listen.
Go ahead, Carmine.
- As unaccustomed as I
am to making speeches.
- Just get on with it, dear.
- [clears throat] Okay,
that guy right there
paid me to kill that guy.
- Me?
- No, no, no, Carmine. Remember?
- Oh, I meant that guy.
- Me?
- Yeah, you gotta work
on your penmanship, dude.
- George, what's going on?
- That's what I'd like to know.
- I have no idea what this
lummox is talking about.
- Lummox?
Lummox?
What's a lummox?
- Just get on with
it, dear, okay? Mm-hm.
[choking]
- Okay, okay, okay, my whole
movie investment is a scam.
- What?
- I really don't even
have a movie project.
My last film did so poorly
no one'll finance me.
- Are you serious? So I
slept with you for nothing?
- Well I had fun.
- Excuse me.
- Later, honey.
- Keep talking.
- Doug was blackmailing me,
threatened to tell Peter
I was stealing his money.
- Excuse me.
- Later, honey.
- I spent all my
money on my last film.
I don't have a dime to my name.
- Oh, sweetie.
- What about the
50 G's you paid me?
- Good think you
didn't count it.
[laughing]
- I don't see what's so funny.
- Oh my.
All of this trouble for nothing.
The joke is on all of you.
My oil wells have been
dusters for months.
My company filed bankruptcy
last week [laughs].
I'm dead broke.
- Oh, you jerk.
I can't. Why you?
- Doug, you have
to do something.
- Okay.
[upbeat dramatic music]
- What the?
- It's this, okay? It's
making me do evil things.
We gotta get rid of it.
- What is it?
- Never mind. Just tell
me that you love me.
- Of course I love you.
- Even if we have
to leave all of this
and go back to the psychic shop?
- Sweetheart, honestly,
I hate this place.
And all these people.
- Yeah, but you
slept with George.
- Oh, well, it was this
evil doohickey thing.
Its energies, they
affected me too.
- Okay, let's just
get outta here.
- Okay.
[light music]
[sighing]
- Lesson learned.
[light music]
On to the next one.
I suppose I should release you.
No.
[fingers snapping]
- Hey, look, the
new stock came in.
[soft music]
- I astounded people
across this country
with my mental skills, okay.
Fortune telling, mind
reading, hypnotism.
[soft music]
[imitating chicken]
[soft music]
- Oh yes, yes, me,
me, hypnotize me!
[soft music]
- It's all in an
offshore account.
Cayman Islands, great
place to do business.
[soft music]
- Oh yeah, I forgot. I'm
here to kill your husband.
[soft music]
- Black gold, Texas tea.
Except in my case, it's
more like California latte.
[soft music]
- A hoax, a charlatan,
a snake oil salesman
dressed in a skirt.
[soft music]
[gentle mysterious music]
- Kate, Kate, get in here quick.
- Doug, I was in the
middle of a palm reading.
I think she was gonna upgrade
to the Premium Spirit
Summoning package.
- I think I just saw
something in the crystal ball.
- Oh, Doug.
- No really, I can feel
my powers returning.
- Doug, did you ever
really have any?
- You doubt me?
I mean, I was the
amazing Rinaldi.
I astounded people
across this country
with my mental skills, okay.
Fortune telling, mind
reading, hypnotism.
- I know. I wrote the copy
for the advertisement.
But honestly, have you
really had any insight?
- You doubt me.
- No. Just tell me what you saw.
- I'm not really
sure what I saw.
I'm getting that
feeling again, okay.
Look, why don't
we try this, okay?
All right.
The four of clubs?
- Yes.
- Really?
[mysterious music]
The eight of diamonds.
- Right again.
- Okay, one more.
- The ace of spades.
- You're amazing.
- Okay, you know this means
that I have to try hypnotizing.
- No, hypnotizing never
works out right for you.
- Yeah, but that's before.
Now I'm feeling it
again. I'm feeling it.
- No, it got us kicked out
of the show in Cleveland.
- Look, this isn't a show.
You gotta let me at least try.
[sighing]
Okay.
[mysterious music]
Keep your eye on the watch.
You're getting
very, very sleepy.
- Very, very sleepy.
- When I snap my
fingers, you will be
completely under my command.
- Under your command.
[fingers snapping]
- You find me
irresistibly attractive.
- Irresistibly attractive.
- You have an uncontrollable
urge to have sex with me.
- Oh yes.
[gentle music]
[upbeat music]
[saxophone music]
- Oh, Doug, that was fantastic.
- Thanks.
Wait a second, you're still
supposed to be under hypnosis.
- Oh, well, I felt
bad, so I faked it.
- You were faking?
- Only the hypnosis part.
- Hey, look, the
new stock came in.
- [Doug] Throw all
this junk away.
- Junk? We paid good
money for this stuff.
Money we don't
have, I might add.
- We don't need it
anymore. It's all trash.
- Have you lost your mind?
- Just read this. You
remember my Aunt Bessie?
- Yeah, the mystic
healer who got you
into all of this mumbo-jumbo.
- Exactly, well, she
passed away last week.
- Oh, so much for
the mystic healing.
- Look, Aunt Bessie
mighta been an eccentric,
but she was also loaded.
- Oh, too much liquor, huh?
- No, the other kinda loaded.
Filthy rich.
- Really?
- Uh-huh, she left
us her mansion.
- What?
- That's right, baby,
pack up your things.
We're moving to Beverly Hills.
[shrieking]
[upbeat music]
- This is just amazing.
It's everything you
said it would be.
- Yep, it's completely
furnished, and it's paid for.
This is the life I always
promised you, honey.
- I could not be happier.
[doorbell ringing]
Hey, our first visitors.
Hi.
- We're your new neighbors.
- We brought pie.
- How lovely. Come in.
Honey, these are
our new neighbors.
- Hi, I'm Peter Wells.
This is my wife, Patricia.
- It's nice to meet you.
- Hi, I'm Doug Nelson,
and you've already
met my wife, Kate.
- I'm George Hamwell.
- And I'm Amy Hamwell,
hello [chuckles].
- Why don't I get
us some drinks?
- Sounds great.
- Yeah, sure.
- And why don't you join me?
- Oh, okay.
- Okay.
- George Hamwell, why does
that name sound so familiar?
- Well, I don't
wanna be immodest,
but perhaps you've seen
one of my pictures.
I'm a movie producer.
- Hm, what movies
have you produced?
- Well, most know me
from the Giant Slime
Creature From Venus.
- Nope, didn't see that one.
- The Three-Eyed
Monster From Planet X?
- Don't think so.
- Perhaps Scorpion Killer
Versus the Giant Sasquatch.
- Oh, I did see that one once.
- Well there you go.
- On the Late Late Late Show.
- Yes.
Well, Peter here is
in the oil business.
- Oh really?
- That's right. West Star Oil.
We operate some of
the biggest offshore
oil rigs in California.
- [Doug] Really?
That sounds exciting.
- So what do you do
for a living, Doug?
- I used to have a
little magic act.
You know, card
tricks, mind reading.
Hypnotism.
- Really?
- Here we are.
- Thank you.
- Doug, Amy was telling
me that George here
is a movie producer.
I used to be an actress myself.
- Is that right?
- Well, mainly background work,
but I was on my way
up when I met Doug.
- Yes, and it's been
all downhill ever since.
Just a little joke, dear.
[scoffing]
- I was just telling
Amy how great
it is to live in Los Angeles.
[gasping]
- My dear, this is
not Los Angeles.
This is Beverly Hills.
- Right.
[throat clearing]
- Well, Doug was just telling us
that he used to be a hypnotist.
- Oh he did, did he?
Thought we weren't
gonna talk about that.
- Just sorta came out.
- Anyway, I think
it'd be great fun
if he hypnotized one of us.
- No, I couldn't.
- Oh yes, yes, me,
me, me, hypnotize me.
- Okay, well, I guess
I could give it a shot.
- Yay!
[soft piano music]
Okay, um.
Keep your eye on the watch.
You're getting sleepy.
- Sleepy.
- Very sleepy.
- Oh, I think it's working.
- If you say so.
- Now when I count to
three and snap my fingers,
you'll be in a deep, deep sleep.
One.
Two.
Three [snaps fingers].
[soft piano music]
- Well, Doug.
- Doug, I think you
actually did it.
- Nope, just kidding [laughs].
Sorry, guys [laughs].
- I thought so.
- Oh well, better
luck next time.
- Yeah, there are just, there
are too many distractions
going on right now.
- Sure, sure, sure, sure.
Hey, look, we've gotta be going.
Welcome to the neighborhood.
- Yes, we should be
on our way as well.
Listen, Doug, Peter and I have
a golf game scheduled next week.
You should join us. Do you play?
- Golf? Yeah, of
course I do, I play.
- And how about you, Kate?
What are you doing tomorrow?
How about a shopping
spree, just us girls?
I have to introduce you
to the shops on Rodeo.
- That would be great.
- Yay.
- Well, thanks for coming over.
It was really great
to meet you guys.
- Yeah.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
[door opening and closing]
- Really, Doug?
- What was I supposed
to do? You saw.
Guess I gotta go get
some golf clubs now.
[gentle music]
- Thank you.
I'm telling you, Peter, there
is something about those two.
- They seem perfectly
normal to me.
- Normal for Topeka, maybe,
but they just don't seem
like our kind of people.
- Well they're showbiz types.
They're bound to
be a bit eccentric.
- George is in show business.
It's a legit show business.
But hypnotism, really?
- You're just being fussy.
I'm sure everything'll
turn out all right.
- Maybe.
- Now, how about you and I
get upstairs and
have a little fun?
- Oh, Peter.
I have a splitting headache.
- Yes, the longest
continuous headache
in the history of mankind.
- Shouting won't help, dear.
Good night.
[mysterious music]
- Hey, you know, I
think I'm gonna ask Doug
if he wants to invest
in my next picture.
- Are you sure
that's a good idea?
I'm not sure they
have that kinda money.
- Well that house isn't
cheap, even in today's market.
They have to have some money.
- Well you probably have
to give his wife a role.
Don't think I didn't notice
how she happened to mention
that she was an actress
after you mentioned
you were a producer.
- And don't think I
didn't notice you drooled
at the sight of her husband.
- Aw, is my man jealous?
- Always.
- Well, he was super
cute, and I wouldn't mind
a tussle with that
wife of his, either.
But right now, I wanna
take care of you.
- You vixen.
[laughing]
- Mm.
[soft romantic music]
- Thank you so much for
taking me around today.
- Oh no problem.
It is so nice to have someone
new in the neighborhood.
- Yeah, I'm sorry
about that whole
hypnotism thing yesterday.
- Oh no, don't worry about it.
It was all in good fun.
You know, I never
really believed in
any of that stuff anyway.
- Okay, good.
- You know, Kate, George
and I would like to meet
with you and Doug some evening.
We may have a
proposition for you.
- Oh my gosh.
Amy, okay, I'm super
flattered, and I've heard
about these Beverly Hills open
marriages, but I don't think
it's something that Doug
and I are really into.
- No, I meant a
business proposition.
- Okay, I'm embarrassed.
[laughing]
- But now that you mention
it, keep an open mind.
[birds singing]
[knocking on door]
- Coming.
- Are you Doug Nelson?
- Yes.
- The Doug Nelson who is
related to Elizabeth Nelson?
- Elizabeth?
You mean Aunt Bessie?
- Aunt Bessie?
Yes, she's the one.
- You knew Aunt Bessie?
- Oh, I knew her
quite intimately.
- I see.
- Doug, when your
aunt passed away,
she left instructions for
me to deliver this to you.
- What is it?
- The answer to your dreams.
- Okay, again, what is it?
- Many people considered your
aunt a hoax, a charlatan,
a snake oil salesman dressed
in a skirt, if you would.
Perhaps the same has
been said about you.
- Well, everything
except the skirt part.
- Oh, yes, of course.
But Elizabeth was
much more than that.
She truly knew the mystic
secrets of ancient Tibet.
And the power of hypnotism.
- Look, I've been through
this all before, okay.
I don't wanna get run
outta Beverly Hills
like I was run outta Cleveland.
- Oh, you misunderstand
me, my boy.
This is the genuine article.
With this jewel,
you will be granted
the power of hypnosis that
you have always wanted.
- Sure.
- I see that you
don't believe me.
Very well.
All I ask is that you try
it before you dismiss it.
But beware, the power of
the jewel can be corrupting.
- Whatever you say, man.
- Douglas, don't
take this lightly.
With great power comes
great responsibility.
You must always use
the jewel for good.
And never for evil.
- Well, thanks for the tip.
But you should
probably be going now.
I'm really busy here.
[soft music]
- Good day, madam.
- Good day.
- Sorry about that.
- Who was that?
- Just a door-to-door salesman.
- Hm, we're not supposed to
have those types around here.
- I'm sure he won't be back.
What can I do for you?
- Well, I hate to impose
on a new neighbor and all,
but I am making dinner tonight,
and I ran out of cooking sherry.
So, I was hoping that
you would have some.
- You know, the place was
fully stocked when we moved in,
so I'm not sure.
Why don't we go take a look?
- Thank you.
[light music]
- I'm just gonna check in the
kitchen cabinet over here.
- Okay.
[light music]
Hm.
[light music]
- I'm sorry. It looks like we
don't have any cooking sherry.
- That's okay.
- But.
I do have this.
[mysterious music]
You are now under my command.
- I am under your command.
- Holy cow, it works.
- Touch your nose.
Jump up and down.
Cluck like a chicken.
[imitating chicken]
Okay, Patricia, here's
what we're gonna do.
From now on, when you hear
somebody say wait three times,
you're gonna have the
uncontrollable urge
to have sex with that person.
- I will have an
uncontrollable urge.
- Okay, wake up [snaps fingers].
- Doug, what?
- I'm sorry, we don't
have any cooking sherry.
- I'm gonna go.
- Okay.
Wait, wait, wait.
[romantic music]
- Come here, you
big hunk of a man.
[upbeat music]
[moaning]
- You will forget all
about this encounter.
- I will forget.
[fingers snapping]
- Good.
- Honey, I'm home.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- Hey.
Oh, Patricia, what
are you doing here?
- I, um.
- Patricia came by to see if
we had any cooking sherry,
but we don't.
- Right.
- So she's gonna be going now.
- Right.
- Well, it was great to see you.
- Yeah, goodbye.
- That was strange.
- Yeah, you know,
crazy neighbors.
So, what's with all the stuff?
- Amy took me shopping.
- Did you have to
buy the entire store?
- Honey, if we're gonna
live in this neighborhood,
with these friends,
it's what's expected.
We're just gonna have
to figure out a way
to make some
serious money, fast.
- No, I can't.
- You know, Doug, I'd love
to talk to you sometime
about investing in
my next production.
- Oh, aren't movies
a risky investment?
- With my track record, hardly.
Besides, Peter's investing.
- That's right, gotta figure out
what to do with
all that oil money.
- So what kinda money are
we talking about here?
- Hardly much at all.
I just need to fill
some gaps in the budget.
Just a million or two.
- Oh, is that all?
[birds singing]
- Sorry you had such
a bad day, Doug.
If I didn't know better,
I'd say you'd never played
golf before in your life.
- Yeah, I can't remember
the last time I saw
anyone shoot a 200.
- Over par.
- Just unlucky today, I guess.
- What's this?
One of your mystical hoohas?
- No no, wait, don't
mess with that.
[mysterious music]
- What?
What just happened?
Peter, Peter.
What have you done?
[soft music]
- Now I've done it.
- [Kate] We're just gonna
have to figure out a way
to make some
serious money, fast.
- Tell me all your
secrets for making money
that nobody knows.
- I take millions from investors
and make shitty
movies for peanuts.
- Wait a minute.
That's a project you
wanted me to invest in?
- Yes.
On paper, they cost millions.
In reality, I spend hundreds.
- Doesn't anybody ever catch on?
- With a title like Invasion
of the Swamp People,
no one expects much.
- And what do you
do with your money?
- It's all in an
offshore account.
Cayman Islands, great
place to do business.
- And Peter's in on this too?
- No, I'm gonna take his
money as well [laughs].
- Oh really?
Hm.
[fingers snapping]
- What the hell just happened?
- Well, Georgie boy, you
know I'm a hypnotist.
- Yeah, but I
thought a lousy one.
- Apparently not.
I had you under just now,
and you told me some
rather interesting things.
- It was a college thing.
Everyone experimented.
- No no, not that.
About your cheapo movies
and your fake investments
and your offshore accounts.
- Oh, damn.
- So, unless you want
me to spill the beans
to Peter over here,
or go to the cops,
I think you and
I need to come up
with some kinda
payment arrangement.
- You're blackmailing me?
- You're cheating
your investors.
- Good point.
All right, Nelson,
what do you want?
- You know, I think
two million dollars
doesn't sound unreasonable.
- It's damn unreasonable.
- You didn't say
that this morning.
You said two million dollars
was hardly anything at all.
- Yes, but that was
your two million.
- And it will be mine,
once you give it to me.
- Well I guess I have no choice.
- Now you're talking.
- Oh, sorry, I didn't
know it was that valuable.
- That's okay, just a
family heirloom, you know.
- Well gosh, guys, I gotta
get home to the little woman.
- I gotta get going too.
Let's do this again sometime.
- Matter of fact, why
don't we do it tomorrow?
Why don't we all get together
and have a few drinks?
You guys can bring the wives.
- Sounds good to
me. We'll be there.
- Yeah, great.
- We'll see you.
- Okay.
- I can't believe it. I
just can't believe it.
That bastard. That lowlife,
dirty, rotten, stinking.
- George, George, who
are you talking about?
- That new idiot
neighbor of ours.
- Slow down, slow
down. What happened?
- We were golfing today, right?
- Right?
- And I was gonna ask
Doug about investing
in the new Swamp People movie.
- Right.
- Well, we get back
to Doug's place.
- No, no, wait,
don't mess with that.
- What just happened?
- Tell me all your
secrets for making money.
- I take millions from investors
and make shitty
movies for peanuts.
- I think you and
I need to come up
with some kinda
payment arrangement.
- And he wants two
million dollars.
- That son of a bitch.
And to think I was
gonna have sex with him.
- Yeah. Wait, what?
- Nothing, nothing.
I bet that tramp wife
of his is involved too.
- I can't believe someone's
trying to blackmail me, me.
- So are you gonna pay?
- Hell no, you know
all of our assets
are tied up in those
offshore investments.
I couldn't even lay my
hands on two million
in cash if I wanted to.
- So what are we gonna do?
- You know, I've
got just the thing.
[mysterious music]
- What's that?
- Oh nothing, just something
left over from the shop.
- Oh, right, well, good night.
- Hey, Kate?
- Mm.
- Did you mean it
when you said we had
to find a way to
make a lotta money?
- Well, honey, we live in
Beverly Hills, and I know we own
the house outright,
but keeping up
with these housewives
is gonna be expensive.
- What if I can't find a way?
- You always find a way.
I have faith in you.
Plus, I'm worth it.
- Great.
[upbeat music]
- Are you sure we're
in the right place?
- Yes, this is the right place.
- I've never been in a
place this seedy before.
- I met you in a
place like this.
[soft music]
- So how do you know
this guy anyway?
- He was recommended
to me by some friends.
- Who recommends hitmen?
- I have a list of references,
if you'd like to see them.
- No no, that's quite all right.
Carmine.
- Yeah.
- I'm George Hamwell.
- Aint that nice.
- Well you may have heard
of me. I produce movies.
- Really, which ones?
- Well the Giant Slime
Creature From Venus.
- Nope.
- The Three-Eyed
Monster From Planet X.
- Never heard of it.
- Scorpion Killer Versus--
- George.
- All right, it's not important.
I've got a job for you.
- Did you bring the cash?
- 50,000, just like you asked.
- I'm assuming I don't
have to count this.
- I don't think he can count.
- No no, it's all there.
- Who's the guy you want iced?
- His name is Doug Nelson.
Here's the address.
- Okay.
[soft music]
You and I will never
see each other again.
You, however, I will
see in my dreams.
- Ew.
Hm.
[soft music]
[suspenseful music]
[sighing]
- Peter, Peter, Peter.
I heard something. I heard
something downstairs.
- Hm, what?
- Downstairs, I heard something.
- You're just having one
of your anxiety attacks.
Go to sleep.
- No, Peter, seriously.
- Sleeping pills in
the medicine cabinet.
- Oh.
[mysterious music]
- Ow, ow, hey, wait, wait, wait!
- I have an uncontrollable
urge to have sex with you.
- Excuse me.
- Shut up and take your
clothes off. Come here.
Oh.
- You're something.
I've waited for someone
like you all my life.
[soft music]
[moaning]
- Oh.
I'm sorry. I don't
know what came over me.
- No need to apologize,
baby. You're a sexual dynamo.
Inside that prim and
proper was a wildcat
waiting to get out.
- Yeah, I know.
Wait a minute, who are you,
and what are you
doing in my house?
- Oh yeah, I forgot.
I'm here to kill your husband.
- You're here to kill Peter?
- Doug.
- Doug?
Doug Nelson?
- Yeah.
- Doug doesn't even live here.
[papers rattling]
- 7212 Maple Lane?
No.
This is 7221.
- Oh, George is an idiot.
He must be dyslexic
or something.
- George?
George Hamwell?
- That's the guy.
- Why would George
wanna kill Doug?
- I don't know.
It's an investment scheme
or something gone wrong.
I don't care, baby. I
don't care about that.
All I care is about you.
- Don't, don't,
don't. Down, boy.
- But I gotta have you.
- Ts, ts. All in due time.
Wait a minute.
If George is up to what
I think he's up to,
I think I might be
able to use your help.
You up for that?
- I would do anything for you.
- Oh.
I'm Patricia, by the way.
- Carmine.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
[soft music]
- [Kate] Hey, thanks for coming.
- Oh, we wouldn't miss it.
- Oh, Amy, George. How
nice to see you both.
- Patricia.
- How have you been?
- Oh just peachy.
- Hello, George.
- Peter.
- I must say, Patricia,
you're looking
particularly vibrant today.
- Oh really?
Must be this new
face cream I have.
- Oh well, whatever it
is, I want some [laughs].
- No.
- Sorry.
- I mean, I think
I'm almost out.
- Hey, be careful, Doug, if
I know George, he'll have you
investing in his movie before
you're finished with
the first round.
- Oh, I don't think so.
- He says all he needs
is a couple more million.
- Yeah, two million dollars,
hardly anything at all, right?
- Well I wouldn't say that.
- But you did say that.
- You did.
- Perhaps I was a
bit hasty, okay.
It is a substantial
amount of money.
But a good investment.
- Oh, I'm sure it is.
- Well, in any case,
maybe George can give you
a few pointers on
the golf course, huh?
- Sure, anytime.
- Patricia, is everything okay?
- What? Oh, yeah.
Excuse me, Kate, can you tell
me where your restroom is?
- Yeah, it's down
past the bedroom.
- Oh, thank you.
[soft music]
- That was odd.
- Yes, it was. Excuse me.
- Sure.
[soft music]
- What took you so long?
- I had to wait for Amy
and George to get here.
Now, you're gonna stick
with the plan, right?
- The plan? Yeah, the plan.
I intimidate George
into revealing
that he hired me to kill Doug.
- And that he's
ripping off my husband.
- Right, right.
You know, that's
not much of a plan.
- He's right.
[gasping]
- Sic her, Carmine.
- Wait. Wait, wait!
- Oh, mm.
[soft music]
- Boy.
[soft music]
- So, Peter, tell me
about the oil business.
It sounds fascinating.
- Well, there's not that
much to tell really.
You know what they
say. Oil is money.
- Is that what they say, really?
- Sure, yeah, black
gold, Texas tea.
Except in my case it's
more like California latte.
[laughing]
- Well I'm glad to hear
that you're doing so well.
- Oh, quite well.
- Oil's well that ends well.
- Well, looks like everyone
could use a new drink.
George, do you wanna
help me in the kitchen?
- Uh, yeah, sure.
- Okay.
- Hm.
- Listen, Kate,
whatever your husband
has told you, it's not true.
- Actually, I wasn't really
here to talk about my husband.
- You're not?
- No.
I was wondering if you
could possibly cast me
in your next movie.
- Oh, oh, well. I can
certainly consider it.
- I mean, it doesn't
have to be a big part.
The female lead is fine.
- Well, you know I do
all my own auditions.
- Mm-hm. I'm ready.
- Well action.
[soft saxophone music]
- I wonder what's
keeping everybody.
- I don't know. Oh, Kate.
- Hey, I'm right here, Doug.
- Weren't you getting drinks?
- Oh.
- The drinks can wait.
I have something
far more important.
- What is it, honey?
- Carmine.
- Carmine?
Amy, what's going on?
- George, just listen.
Go ahead, Carmine.
- As unaccustomed as I
am to making speeches.
- Just get on with it, dear.
- [clears throat] Okay,
that guy right there
paid me to kill that guy.
- Me?
- No, no, no, Carmine. Remember?
- Oh, I meant that guy.
- Me?
- Yeah, you gotta work
on your penmanship, dude.
- George, what's going on?
- That's what I'd like to know.
- I have no idea what this
lummox is talking about.
- Lummox?
Lummox?
What's a lummox?
- Just get on with
it, dear, okay? Mm-hm.
[choking]
- Okay, okay, okay, my whole
movie investment is a scam.
- What?
- I really don't even
have a movie project.
My last film did so poorly
no one'll finance me.
- Are you serious? So I
slept with you for nothing?
- Well I had fun.
- Excuse me.
- Later, honey.
- Keep talking.
- Doug was blackmailing me,
threatened to tell Peter
I was stealing his money.
- Excuse me.
- Later, honey.
- I spent all my
money on my last film.
I don't have a dime to my name.
- Oh, sweetie.
- What about the
50 G's you paid me?
- Good think you
didn't count it.
[laughing]
- I don't see what's so funny.
- Oh my.
All of this trouble for nothing.
The joke is on all of you.
My oil wells have been
dusters for months.
My company filed bankruptcy
last week [laughs].
I'm dead broke.
- Oh, you jerk.
I can't. Why you?
- Doug, you have
to do something.
- Okay.
[upbeat dramatic music]
- What the?
- It's this, okay? It's
making me do evil things.
We gotta get rid of it.
- What is it?
- Never mind. Just tell
me that you love me.
- Of course I love you.
- Even if we have
to leave all of this
and go back to the psychic shop?
- Sweetheart, honestly,
I hate this place.
And all these people.
- Yeah, but you
slept with George.
- Oh, well, it was this
evil doohickey thing.
Its energies, they
affected me too.
- Okay, let's just
get outta here.
- Okay.
[light music]
[sighing]
- Lesson learned.
[light music]
On to the next one.
I suppose I should release you.
No.
[fingers snapping]
- Hey, look, the
new stock came in.
[soft music]
- I astounded people
across this country
with my mental skills, okay.
Fortune telling, mind
reading, hypnotism.
[soft music]
[imitating chicken]
[soft music]
- Oh yes, yes, me,
me, hypnotize me!
[soft music]
- It's all in an
offshore account.
Cayman Islands, great
place to do business.
[soft music]
- Oh yeah, I forgot. I'm
here to kill your husband.
[soft music]
- Black gold, Texas tea.
Except in my case, it's
more like California latte.
[soft music]
- A hoax, a charlatan,
a snake oil salesman
dressed in a skirt.
[soft music]