Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) - full transcript

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.

- Yikes, what is it?
- Essential, I use gallons.

- Come in, you get the towels.
- Are you feeling better today?

Very ..
I slept like a log.

I think I've slept on a log.
My neck - the knot

You know what -
I had a wonderful dream last night.

If a strange man,
and so Peter came here.

- Was Peter here?
- Just a dream.

Do not you think after yesterday
and what he did ...

- .. He could ..
- I l do not architects.

They have displaced brains - put
up apartment buildings and condominiums

- Do not fall for it again.
- Never, not for a million



- Not even for two million.
- Bag ... Where is it?

I walk and dress myself,
since I do coffee.

Look at the contract.
You'll like it

Can we have coffee first?

- You scared me.
- Playing you still?

- Peter .. where did you get here?
- Last night, something we should talk about.

- Preferably
- Hello, Peter. So you are here?

- Were not you lonely?
- Has anyone seen ...

- Introduce your friend now.
- Are you starting gene?

- With what?!
- Ask who he is.

Who are you?

- Waldo .. What did I do yesterday?
- Farquhar.

- Yes, I'm Waldo Farquhar.
- Liar, yesterday was the Atchinson.

I am Dr. Farquhar,
but writing in Atchinson



What do you fight in the name?
You are living simply because I do not ...

- ... kills sleeping.
- Why kill me?

- Yes, why would you kill him?
- Men in my wife's bed makes me angry.

- What?!
- You heard.

- I can explain.
- It's safest.

Last night did you find me
in a suspicious position ..

- Maggie Garrison.
- Nice to meet you.

- Peter Garrison, my stranger man.
- I'm Ladislaus Walichek.

- You should explain.
- I came to borrow the phone

There was nobody here.
I saw the phone at vattenkruset.

- I called the switchboard ...
- Wait, you drank the water?

- I thought no one would disagree.
- There have been round it.

It inneh? l
half a bottle of sleeping pills.

- The other half was in me.
- An innocent pajama-party.

- Your dirty mind should be satisfied.
- I woos rather than shed

- What?
- I'm happy.

So that's not me.
What is the excuse - hard boiled eggs?

- Let me explain ...
- Mrs. Garrison, have you seen me ..?

- No, Mr Farquhar.
- Mr. Walichek, have you ...?

- Okay, Farquhar. Ut.
- Not without my black bag

- It is common courtesy normal.
- Let it go fast.

- It's just me, Ladsie.
- Please, not now.

I just want you to relax,
reads and signs the contract.

- In triplicate.
- I would not sign anything right now.

- But you said yesterday ...
- Yesterday I was hurt and angry

I'm still hurt.

But you start to think about ..
and then we wonder ...

- Is one wrong step worth a marriage?
- What did you say?

I said, a misstep enough
to break a marriage?

Two.

- Two?
- Sorry, but I'm urbane.

I mean, if Peter wants to believe
the story so let him.

- But v do not pretend
- Ladsie, it was the truth.

When I arrived I told you about
how you were with a man in a dream

- A minute later, I meet the man.
- But it was a dream.

I swear.

Do you think I could
continue my marriage otherwise?

- You know that I can not.
- Even if Peter did not know anything?

I would know it,
and I would never forgive me.

Call it my old,
handsome middle-class morality.

- But I like that.
- You do not excuse you.

- Righteousness is never out of fashion.
- Thanks, Ladsie.

Locate
your black bag and knitting.

Help me. The faster
I find that I'm going.

- He's right, we should help.
- Be n upstairs yesterday?

- No.
- In the kitchen?

- No, I do not think so.
- Go and look there for all fal.

- I thought you would help me.
- Is this bag important?

- Vital.
- What's in it?

- Equipment. I am a surgeon.
- It must be valuable.

Yes, a lot of profit
ten years of research - irreplaceable

- I have to find it.
- S r..

- Take the black and as big as this?
- Yes. Vet n where is it?

- Yes.
- Where?

I am not.

- N slept with my best friend's wife.
- No, not at all.

- Well, you did.
- I swear, I did not.

You may not bag until
you proved that you did it.

- For whom?
- Her

- Why? It breaks the marriage.
- It's awful - should be crushed

- How do I get her to believe that?
- She was unconscious - you are a doctor.

- Surgeons.
- Operate on a little now.

What is your dentist?

- Honey, you look lovely out.
- N Found what you were looking for?

No, but it's getting warm.

Maggie ..
- It's not there, knitting now

I can not,
I told you that the car broke down

- Here is your shoe
- Peter, would it not be right ..?

- Where is the car?
- On the road.

Let's take a look.
You can of course engines.

- I would appreciate it.
- And the knitting?

- I promise, even if it does not go.
- Come on now ...

Excuse me ...
I'm just looking for my bag.

Maggie,
or should I say Mrs. Garrison?

I do not want to worry you.
I promise you, your husband will never know.

Know what?

Do you mean ..
you really do not remember?

What is it
I should remember, Mr. Farquhar?

- Last night.
- Last night?

What is it about last night?

Nothing.

Suggest you
that something happened last night?

- I've already said too much.
- On the contrary, you have not said enough.

- Do you mean that you used me ..?
- Maggie ...

If you have not been fully aware
about what happened ...

- ... said I had not done so.
- So you used me!

No, it was the reverse.
You used ..

- I did what?
- Yes.

- I do not believe a word.
- It's probably better that way.

I'm looking out my bag only.
Do not think about breakfast for me ..

Furthermore. How can I have
unaware that anything happened?

I know, memory loss is frightening.
Yesterday seemed to pay attention to everything.

- You drank as much of it.
- I held only for your husband.

I did not drink a drop.

It is not here.
I think I'll take a look in the garage.

- A cup of coffee, Mr. Farquhar?
- Yes.

- Sugar and cream?
- Black

- Here.
- Thanks.

It ... seems that the
meant a lot to you.

- Last night, I mean.
- Very.

And you remember everything ... clearly?

Every wonderful little detail.

It was good ... Let's hear it.

- What?
- The details.

- Details?
- The details.

- We do not know about each other
- We give it a try.

It is quite simple.
I came and knocked on

No one opened so I went into
and found you sleeping.

I snuck away when you woke up.
I borrowed the phone and called.

I went to thank,
you smiled at me and I smiled too.

- We smiled at each other?
- Yes.

- And then?
- You ran your fingers through my hair.

Then you said: Where are you from,
beautiful stranger?

- Did I say that?
- Literally

- Blackout. Continue.
- Then I said: Maggie ..

- .. You are the most beautiful ...
- How did you know my name?

We presented our
few minutes earlier.

Wait, why did you not
my name morning then?

- Your husband would have wondered.
- Good thinking

- Thanks.
- You're welcome.

- Continue.
- More?

- All of it.
- Until then you were pretty quiet.

Suddenly you changed to
a beast, you climbed over me.

Our lips met in a hot kiss.
I could feel your soft cheek

- Against my, you trembled
in our embrace.

You held me tight and in the moon
glow that seeped in through the trees-

- I could see the leaves shade
on your chest. You were magnificent.

- Stop You're lying.
- What do you there?

- How far dare you go with the lies?
- Why would I lie?

Because you are twisted.
I know you're lying.

How can you be so sure
when you do not remember what happened?

Because you forgot one thing.
Something you may have missed

Something I could not have missed?

- What could it be?
- G about it.

Goodbye, Mr Farquhar.

Something I missed, what could it be?
Do you have a singularity?

The passionate
moments will be no inventory.

- Go away ..
- Oh, please

Get out!

- You and your friends!
- Why so upset?

- No, it's nothing.
- N heard - nothing happened

- It's all happening - stick.
- I have not found my bag.

- I appeal to you.
- He may well have to call a taxi?

I call a taxi.
Wait outside.

- What happened?
- I hit

But apparently I missed something -
any peculiarity.

Do n she is tattooed?

Where is she?

- How do n that?
- My office is located at her dressing room

- Your taxi is on its way.
- Mr. Garrison ..

Ut.

- But I have not found ...
- You are also not desirable here

I know what you think. That I am
against you and do not value the friendship.

- And just want to get the contract.
- Right on all three points.

So much for the contract.

In three specimens

This is silly. A contract
is only a form of disbelief.

- You think I'm against marriage.
- Yes, in paragraph four.

How wrong can you be?
I'm here because she phoned yesterday.

You have much bigger problems
than you think she knows about everyone else.

- Who else?
- Come on, we're both adults

The redhead broke her almost.

She cried desperately that night
I had to call in her replacement.

- V takes a walk.
- I know they mean something.

I know you love Maggie,
and she really loves you.

I know her and her
old handsome middle-class morality

So is he. Says nothing
but keep it within themselves.

My taxi is on its way. I hope
that we can divorce as friends.

Maggie, do not be
be persuaded to remove it.

- Remove what?
- Some call it a mole.

I call it the beauty spot.

Nice try, Mr. Farquhar.
We have all moles.

In the form of a star?

- A little coffee, Mr. Farquhar.
- Waldo No, thanks.

Sugar and cream?

For safety's sake,
will you give me exact location?

On the spine's southernmost point -
where else?

The bacon from burning.

It was no dream.

Do not feel bad about yourself
It's part of growing up.

- It's not true.
- Go away from me!

Peter ..

I have to tell the truth
Something happened last night.

- With Him?
- With Him

- You're kidding.
- No, I'm not joking.

- Do you love him?
- For God's sake!

How could I
love someone like that?

It makes it even worse. If he were there
the least attractive, I could understand.

- Do you think I understood what you did?
- No, but two wrongs is not right.

Right - what do you know about right?
Nothing our marriage is legal.

We do not go together quite easily.

I'm an actress
and you are .. incurable bachelor

- No, the red-haired meant nothing.
- Who?

The night the replacement is taking on the role.

Which place?

The bacon from burning.

Oh, Peter ...

I did not know
if any other women.

But now when I do it,
I guess it is the end

Now I am convinced
I did not know you.

And you did not know me.

In fact, you never
knew me and I'm not you.

- No one knows much anyone.
- Close off your stupid gull!

- Why would he do that?!
- Wait a minute ..

- He has the right to open the
- I do not want to listen to idiocy.

- Do not listen then!
- What now?!

- Go away - and good luck hunting
- Goodbye.

Last night, I could have killed.
Now the violence has gone.

Thanks.

- Ladsie, you are safe and sound?
- I have never felt better

- Must row to go into town?
- I'll get my coat.

- I stood up. Where's your bag?
- Come, I'll show.

- It's up there.
- Where?

- There. It was up there.
- Why would it be in the tree?

I do not know. I saw it up there.

Wait, a bag can not go
or fly. It must be there

- For the last time, where is ..?
- Wait, let us think logically.

Help me with the steps. There you go.

Set it up.

- Ensure that it is here.
- Go now, it's there on the right.

- Where is it?
- Look over there.

- I'm done.
- Good.

- Hurry up.
- Get down from my tree!

I come down
It is best that you know where it is.

Hey, wait a minute!

Come back,
your miserable impostor!

Come back

What kind of red hair?
I was not even married then

Do not take it so hard, Maggie.
A Hungarian gypsy told me:

When the werewolf howls at the moon,
always fly robin west

She was
a very old gypsy

You are absolutely right. Here's license,
let's get it over with.

- If n hurry?
- Frankly, yes.

- N will remain so given.
- I'll pay for me.

- He has no license plate on the back.
- Really?

Give me my fine
and go and hunt down criminals.

- V has maybe one. What's in your bag?
- Which bag?

- Hey, do you call a taxi?
- I will, I am looking for one thing.

Can you look in the bushes?
A small black bag, so great.

- What did you think?!
- Look in the bushes at me!

- A little black bag!
- One more time!

In the bushes ..
Can you turn off the radio?

The theft of more than two million
from Megatronics vault.

The money has been recovered
and a suspect apprehended.

- N Can drive to Manhattan police?
- Too long

How much tax-n?

Untrained eyes might think that the end
reached Farquhar, Atchinson, Zane.

But I have always had courage,
or as Bismarck said: Hutzpah.

From the ash step plan C.

A daring maneuver that I hoped
would be better than p than A and B.

Favorite .. Maggie!
You look magnificent out.

The contract is clear, and Hollywood
shall be notified to the good news.

Why the rush?
The show is months away

You know how the press.
I have promised them.

- You promised to fix my barn.
- Must b i.

It is so weird.
It feels as if someone previews

Peep - who would do that?

It's my call.

Hello ..? What ..?
- It's for you.

Hello ..? Yes .. What?

- Hello ..? Bob, can you hear me?
- What?!

- Yes, everything is orderly. She is here
- Theft!

- With pen in hand.
- Is this a joke?

- Do not worry, we will.
- Yes, I was with him yesterday

He was crowded yesterday.
He lived up to the power failure

I understand ... Yes ...
We would like to email just to confirm ...

Yes, he is here ...
- She wants to talk to you.

- What did she say?
- There were no glowing reference

- Hi, Maggie. in
- What is it about?

- They say that I stole 2 million.
- Did you?

What kind of question is that?

I have discovered some
strange parts of your character.

You have cute idiosyncrasies self

- I knew you'd say that.
- It was you who said it.

Where do I sign in?

Watson, ask again
how the money got into my car.

- How did they do it?
- Maybe they fell from a tree!

- Do not be silly.
- Okay, if you're not stupid.

- What is my incentive to steal?
- Criminology The eternal enigma

- What a night
- Where is Commissioner Watson.

Otis J Hendershot, Megatronics
Chairman. My son

- Where's the money?
- There.

Thank goodness. Otis, count them.
Make sure everything is there.

To the last penny.
- Is the accused?

Do you know gene him?

- I do not like your face either.
- His name is Peter Garrison.

- Peter Garrison?
- The architect who designed your building.

That explains it, Dad.
Who knows where va know is whether or not he?

There may be tunnels
and secret passages.

- Otis, count the money.
- I will not wait that he expects.

- I think I know who the thief is
- Who?

- His name is Waldo something ..
- Waldo - Waldo Zane not?

- Impossible.
- Why?

- It is not true.
- Is better than the architect.

It explains the real thing.
Who knows better than the CFO?

I have never trusted Waldo.
He wanted my job.

Otis, go and counting!

- What was it like Waldo?
- Moustache, wonky eye ...

- .. Rat dyed hair, 1.70 long ..
- Weight 74 k lo.

But I will lose anything kg
- Good afternoon, sir. - Hey, Junior.

Waldo, this man
claim that you stole the money

- I did.
- You stole them?

I prefer a different word.
Let's say probation.

- Why?
- Know n that there was a power failure?

If I know! I sat
twelve hours in a lift with it.

Do you know that hundreds of people
remained in the building-

- With the opportunity to break into
in the vault that does not work without electricity?

- Geez, it did not I think
- I did, sir.

- Waldo, what can I say?
- The least I could do ..

- .. A company that has given me everything
- It is the loyalty that makes ..

.. our leadership for what it is.
- Why did not you in there?

- I set the elevator with you, Dad.
- The company is indebted to you.

- I'll be sure to be rewarded
- To see them in the right hands is enough.

- Is everything there?
- Every single penny.

Then I'll take care of them -
if everything is .. resolved.

- Yes, I write on paper ...
- Sir, you go to the club.

A little massage - a little steam.
You look like you need it.

You are absolutely right. Good
to anyone thinking of vulture no.

- Thanks, Waldo.
- Take the ring and the masseuse.

You only have one father, Junior.
Take good care of him.

- Sorry, I ..
- A question first.

- Call me at the office later.
- I'd rather talk now.

- I have a great hurry.
- Habla usted espa?ol?

- I'll take my time, amigo.
- Gracias.

- What do you know?
- Last night you said that nothing happened.

This morning, you said both that something happened.
I want to know what happened

- Nothing
- Nothing?

- I convinced her otherwise.
- How did you handle it?

- How did he know it?
- His office is located next to the barn.

- The Hungarian ?cklige
- Can I go now?

Hasta la vista
I come to see.

- Not where I am on the road.
- Sing-Sing is fairly close.

- What are you talking about?
- Warning of a long journey. Many eyes.

For these occasions
is a sensible proverb.

- What?
- Honesty is the best.

When I think about it,
it is better you take them.

- You do not give me orders, I am president.
- S r..

And I am Chairman.
Do as he says - now!

Excuse me ...
- Inspector Watson?

- I knew you would come
- Believe nothing, it's over between us.

Inspector Watson, I am
Mrs. Garrison. Can I do anything?

- Tell her.
- A mistake. Your husband is free

- I have paid my debt of society.
- Then I need not here ..

No, I have to talk to you.
None has been needed more.

I love you and you would not
here if you have not felt the same.

It is not possible.

- Not after what happened to me yesterday.
- Oh, that ..

I mean, nobody is perfect ..

I forgive you, darling.

- Peter, I am disgraced ...
- I will never abuse history.

Can you be so magnanimous?
Can you?

More than that. I will never
mention that all my life.

That is what I call Hutzpah.
He never told her.

I became president of Megatronics
earlier than I thought.

My first task was to ask
Otis Henderson Jr extradited.

He was not hampered by power outage
and came away with you-know-what.

Your new President and I,
s Chairman-

- Will continue to work
to have the salary-huh

- Until we again
can produce profits.

It will produce
s confidence and trust.

Mr. Zane ...

As for Maggie Garrison,
the perpetual virginity ...

No one can call her that anymore
thanks to something called the will of God.

Or, thanks to warmer,
depending on one's belief

A biological phenomena affected
thousands of New Yorkers ...

.. that nine months after
blackout asked each other ..

DO YOU LOVE WITH MY WIFE OR
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN light went out?