Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001): Season 7, Episode 10 - The Seven Deadly Sins - full transcript
Mark matches wits with a beautiful jewel thief who is being framed for murder.
SORRY, MA'AM, NO REPORTERS
ALLOWED ON THE CRIME SCENE.
MY IDENTIFICATION.
I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE ME
TO THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR.
HER NAME IS TANYA GARDNER.
HER HUSBAND WAS IN TOKYO
ON BUSINESS.
HE'S ON HIS WAY HOME NOW.
Mark:
MURDER IN THE COMMISSION
OF BURGLARY, HUH?
THAT'S WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THE KILLER
IS A MAN NAMED
GRANT CONNOR.
INSPECTOR VANESSA CHURCHILL,
SCOTLAND YARD.
INSPECTOR.
WHAT DOES THE YARD
GOT TO DO WITH
A GARDEN-VARIETY
MURDER IN MALIBU?
GRANT CONNOR IS A JEWEL THIEF.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM
FOR SIX MONTHS
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
I LOST HIM LAST NIGHT
THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
RUBENS' SAMSON AND DELILAH.
AUTHENTIC?
PROBABLY NOT.
UH-HUH.
THIS WAS CONNOR'S USUAL M.O...
CUT THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW OR
DOOR, AVOIDING THE ALARM WIRES.
DOES HE USUALLY KILL
TO GET WHAT HE WANTS?
NO. USUALLY HE JUST SEDUCES
AND BETRAYS HIS VICTIMS.
THAT'S CONNOR'S WAY
OF FINDING OUT
WHERE IMPORTANT
JEWELS ARE KEPT.
HE SLEPT WITH THE WOMEN
WHO OWNED THEM...
THIS ONE.
SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL,
WASN'T SHE?
ANY IDEA WHY
HE KILLED HER?
MAYBE SHE WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE
WHEN HE BROKE IN.
MAYBE SHE COULD
IDENTIFY HIM.
OR...
YES?
MAYBE SHE HELPED HIM
AND THEN MADE DEMANDS.
WOMEN HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO BE LIKE THAT.
AND MAYBE HE DIDN'T WANT
TO GIVE IN TO HER DEMANDS.
MEN HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO BE LIKE
THAT.
BUT NOT TO KILL, SURELY.
PERHAPS YOU'VE KNOWN
DIFFERENT MEN
THAN I HAVE.
SHE WAS SO SWEET-TEMPERED,
YOU KNOW?
ALWAYS MADE YOU
FEEL LIKE, UH...
YOU MATTERED TO HER,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA
OF HER ITINERARY
THE PAST FEW WEEKS?
EASY.
EVERY DAY WAS THE SAME.
SHE SLEPT IN LATE.
AFTER LUNCH, SHE AND I WOULD
GO TO SAKS, BEVERLY HILLS.
SHE'D SHOP THREE,
FOUR HOURS.
COME BACK WITH A LIPSTICK,
NEW PAIR OF SHOES... LIKE THAT.
Mark:
AND, UH, OLD
SEATON BARCLAY...
IS HE STILL
WITH THE YARD?
"WITH THE YARD"?
HE IS THE YARD.
HE WAS HERE BACK IN,
OH, GEE, WHEN WAS IT?
'86, '87, SOMEWHERE
LATE IN THE '80s.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE WAS WORKING ON, UH...
THE RUNAWAY ROYALTY
MURDER.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND HIS WIFE, TABITHA...
HOW'S SHE?
TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVEN'T REALLY SPENT
ANY TIME TO SPEAK OF
WITH SEATON FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
SORRY.
WOULD YOU TELL ME
SOMETHING?
IF I CAN.
THAT PAINTING
SAMSON AND DELILAH...
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT
WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL?
OH. WELL...
THE ORIGINAL WAS
AUCTIONED OFF IN 1640
THE YEAR RUBENS DIED.
WHEN IT APPEARED AGAIN
IN THE PRINCE OF LIECHTENSTEIN
COLLECTION IN VIENNA
IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED
TO BE A FAKE...
A VERY GOOD COPY
BY JAN VAN HAECKE.
THEN IT DISAPPEARED
AGAIN
AND WAS REDISCOVERED IN 1929
WHEN IT WAS SOLD
TO A GERMAN TOBACCO DEALER.
THIS TIME IT WAS HERALDED
AS THE ORIGINAL RUBENS.
BUT NO ONE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE COPY BY VAN HAECKE.
THEN, THE PAINTING
WAS LOST AGAIN
RESURFACING
ONLY RECENTLY.
SO WHO CAN SAY?
RUBENS? VAN HAECKE?
OR SOMEONE ELSE ENTIRELY?
HMM. SOUNDS LIKE A SHELL GAME.
A VERY EXPENSIVE ONE, YES.
GOOD MORNING.
OH, YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO KNOW
OF ANY CIGAR SHOPS IN THE AREA
THAT MIGHT CARRY A SMALL,
UNADVERTISED SUPPLY
OF CUBAN CIGARS,
WOULD YOU?
CUBAN CIGARS ARE ILLEGAL
IN THE UNITED STATES.
YES, WELL, EVEN SO, I HAD HEARD
THAT SOME PROPRIETORS
KEEP A LIMITED SUPPLY
FOR THEIR FAVORITE CUSTOMERS.
IS THIS, UH, PERTINENT
TO THE CONNOR CASE?
OH, NOT AT ALL.
IT'S A DISGUSTING HABIT,
I ADMIT
BUT I'VE DEVELOPED
RATHER A FONDNESS
FOR CIGARS,
PARTICULARLY HAVANAS.
YOU SMOKE CIGARS?
AT FIRST IT
WAS A WAY
TO GET MY COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT
ME AS ONE OF THE BOYS.
THEN I GOT HOOKED.
OH, I SEE.
I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO GIVE ME
ANY INFORMATION
THAT MIGHT LEAVE YOU
FEELING COMPROMISED
BUT IF YOU WOULD THINK
AS I WOULD
THAT I'D ONLY BE SKATING
ON THE EDGE
OF THE MOST MINOR
OF ILLEGALITIES...
WELL, IF YOU CAN THINK
OF ANYTHING ELSE
NO MATTER HOW UNIMPORTANT
IT MIGHT SEEM TO YOU...
I'LL CALL YOU.
THANK YOU.
SHE SAID SHE'D MEET YOU
BACK AT THE STATION.
I'VE GOT TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL
AND MAKE MY ROUNDS.
HELLO?
HI, AMANDA.
I'M ON MY WAY BACK
THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'VE GOT SOME
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
I JUST SPOKE TO MARK
AND HE'S AGREED
TO DONATE A SIGNED
AGATHA CHRISTIE FIRST EDITION.
OH, NO.
MRS. SIMPKINS
BROUGHT IN A GOWN
THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORN
BY PRINCESS DI.
WOW!
AND I THINK WE HAVE
AN ORIGINAL TEDDY BEAR...
A TEDDY BEAR FROM
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S ERA.
LOOK, I KNOW WHAT AN ORIGINAL
TEDDY BEAR IS, OKAY?
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
AROUND HERE
WHO KNOWS THE VALUE
OF SOMETHING.
WHERE'S ALL THIS
COMING FROM?
SORRY.
I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT
THE QUALITY OF ITEMS
THAT ARE BEING DONATED
FOR THE FUND-RAISER.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS,
I'VE GOT THIS VIOLIN.
IT WAS A GIFT
FROM MY FATHER.
YOUR FATHER?
YEAH, HE BROUGHT IT BACK
FROM EASTERN EUROPE
ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO.
ANYWAY, IT'S SIGNED.
BY WHOM?
IT'S NOT A STRADIVARIUS.
IT'S NOT EVEN AN AMATI.
IT'S NOT SEARS AND ROEBUCK,
IS IT?
OH, NO. IT'S A BERGONZI.
A BERGONZI?
EVER HEAR OF
CARLO BERGONZI?
HE WAS AN 18th-CENTURY
VIOLIN MAKER
WHO APPRENTICED UNDER AMATI
WHO ULTIMATELY INHERITED
STRADIVARIUS'S WORKSHOP.
YOUR FATHER TOLD YOU ALL THIS?
YEAH. BUT THEN I READ UP ON HIM.
WELL, IT COULD BE WORTH
A FORTUNE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY.
MANUFACTURERS WOULD OFTEN
FORGE SIGNATURES
JUST TO SELL INSTRUMENTS.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD IT
AUTHENTICATED?
NO. BUT I FIGURE I MIGHT
AS WELL IT TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR THE AUCTION.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IF THE VIOLIN WAS ACTUALLY MADE
BY THIS...
BERGONZI.
BERGONZI, IT COULD BE
WORTH WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
A STRADIVARIUS SOLD
FOR A MILLION DOLLARS IN 1996.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU MUST GET THE INSTRUMENT
APPRAISED.
BUT IT'S NOT A STRADIVARIUS.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN
A BERGONZI.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT,
RIGHT?
I HAVE AN AUTHENTICATOR COMING
TO APPRAISE SOME ITEMS.
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM
TO LOOK AT YOUR VIOLIN?
IT'S PROBABLY WORTH
$200 AT MOST.
SO WHAT? THAT'S STILL
A GENEROUS DONATION.
WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE
I PLAY THE THING.
SO IF I CAN GIVE IT TO A WORTHY
CAUSE, WELL, THEN, GOOD.
JESSE, I WANT YOU
TO THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT
FOR YOU TO DONATE
THE VIOLIN
AND REGRET IT
LATER, HMM?
YOU'RE RIGHT...
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I WILL... THINK ABOUT IT.
Steve:
ACCORDING TO HER CHAUFFEUR
MRS. GARDNER WENT TO A STORE
IN BEVERLY HILLS EVERY DAY
FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
BUT HER CREDIT CARD
RECORDS SHOW
THAT SHE HARDLY EVER
BOUGHT ANYTHING.
WELL, THERE'S NO LAW
AGAINST WINDOW-SHOPPING.
NO FUN IN IT, EITHER.
INSPECTOR CHURCHILL
HAS ANOTHER THEORY.
THE STORE IS DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE
HOTEL.
I STOPPED IN
ON MY WAY HERE.
SO?
SO, IF THE VICTIM
WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR, SHE COULD
HAVE BEEN USING SHOPPING
AS A COVER.
GRANT CONNOR, COURTESY INTERPOL.
HE REGISTERED AT THE BEVERLY
WILSHIRE TEN DAYS AGO.
CHECKED OUT THIS MORNING. EARLY.
SO YOU THINK THE THIEF
COZIED UP TO THE VICTIM
GOT HER TO TELL HIM
WHERE THE JEWELS WERE
BROKE INTO HER HOUSE,
AND THEN WHAT? KILLED HER.
WHY?
INSPECTOR CHURCHILL THINKS
THAT MAYBE SHE DIDN'T KNOW
HE WAS GOING TO ROB HER
OR MAYBE SHE DID
AND WANTED TO GO WITH HIM.
GRANT CONNOR
IS A VERY CHARMING MAN.
YEAH, HE LOOKS CHARMING.
WHAT DID HE TAKE?
WE WON'T KNOW
UNTIL THE HUSBAND RETURNS.
BUT, WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT MUST HAVE BEEN WORTH A LOT
IF HE WAS WILLING
TO KILL FOR IT.
ALRIGHT.
I'LL PUT OUT
AN A.P.B.
I AGREE.
THAT WOULD BE THE SMART
THING TO DO.
WELL, I THANK YOU, INSPECTOR.
I'M SO GLAD
SCOTLAND YARD APPROVES.
CAN I HELP YOU?
I'M LOOKING FOR CUBAN CIGARS.
UH, SORRY, WE DON'T CARRY THEM.
IN THAT CASE,
I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN
WHO SMOKES CUBAN CIGARS...
THIS MAN.
HEY, ARE YOU A COP?
I BELONG TO A PRESIDENTIAL
INQUIRY COMMITTEE...
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
PERHAPS YOU RECOGNIZE
THE PICTURE?
AND HE WOULD BE
EVER SO GRATEFUL
IF, WHEN YOU SEE THIS MAN
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
YOU WOULD GIVE ME A CALL.
Polly:
GRANT, GRANT! COME HERE.
YOU'RE ON TV.
Authorities are asking
for your help
in locating Grant Connor.
If you have any information
as to his whereabouts
please call the police.
He is sought for questioning
in connection
with a burglary in Malibu
and possible murder
of a woman, Tanya Gardner
the former model and actress
and young wife
of millionaire Edward Gardner.
IS THAT TRUE
ABOUT THE WOMAN?
OF COURSE NOT.
I TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
A FRIEND'S.
WELL, GRANT, HOW WILL I KNOW
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU?
I'LL CALL YOU.
NOW, BE A GOOD GIRL
AND FIND MY SHOES.
I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
YOU CAUGHT THE 6:00 NEWS.
AS DID A HALF A MILLION
OTHER PEOPLE.
COME ON IN.
I ONLY NEED TO STAY
A FEW DAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I ALREADY
HAVE A HOUSEGUEST.
VANESSA.
ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO FIND A FENCE
I HAVEN'T INTRODUCED YOU TO.
TWO EGGS BOILED FOR EXACTLY
THREE MINUTES
SEVEN-GRAIN BREAD
SWEET BUTTER
AND COFFEE, BLACK.
UNLESS YOU'VE CHANGED
YOUR DIETARY HABITS.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR
AS IF EITHER
OF US HAS CHANGED.
YOU WERE VERY CLEVER
TO FIND ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW ALL
THE PLACES I LOOKED
WHERE I DIDN'T FIND YOU.
WE NEED TO TALK.
Grant:
WITHOUT THE DIAMOND
I STOLE FROM
THE LOVELY MRS. GARDNER...
WAS IT ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY THAT SHE DIE?
DO YOU REALLY
WANT TO GO THERE?
OH, DIDN'T MEAN
TO TOUCH A NERVE.
LET'S KEEP
TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.
YOUR LITTLE COLLECTION
IS PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS
WITHOUT THE PRIDE DIAMOND.
PERHAPS
$10 TEN MILLION.
THAT'S HARDLY
WORTHLESS.
BUT THIS IS A CASE
OF THE WHOLE BEING GREATER
THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.
SIX DIAMONDS ARE WORTH
MAYBE $15 MILLION.
BUT COMPLETING THE COLLECTION
WITH ALL SEVEN...
WHAT WOULD
YOU GUESS?
$50 MILLION?
$100 MILLION?
MAYBE MORE.
THAT'S ASSUMING
I CAN EVEN PROCURE
THE SEVENTH.
I HAVE NO DOUBTS YOU WILL.
WHAT DID
YOU HAVE IN MIND?
FIVE MILLION.
DOLLARS?
OH, YES.
I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
FOR ME, THIS ISN'T
JUST ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT OWNING
A PIECE OF HISTORY.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING
IN MY POSSESSION
SOMETHING THAT NICHOLAS ROMANOV
ONCE HELD IN HIS HANDS.
I FAILED YOUR EDUCATION
WHEN I NEGLECTED TO IMPART
THAT SAME SENSE OF AWE.
AND NOW YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
I'LL CALL A CAB.
YOU COULD TAKE ME
TO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY SAY
THE BRITISH HAVE
NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
OH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE.
YOU HAVE THE
$5 MILLION ON YOU.
I DIDN'T SEE IT
WHEN YOU DISROBED
LAST NIGHT.
I WON'T HAVE IT
UNTIL I SELL
THE COLLECTION.
THE COME
COLLECTION.
THEN I GUESS YOU'LL
HAVE TO BORROW IT.
AND HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN
YOU EVEN HAVE THE STONE?
YOU'RE CERTAIN OR YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE COME AFTER ME.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
YOU WOULD HAVE HIDDEN IT
RIGHT HERE ON IRA'S MANTELPIECE.
HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
ISN'T THAT YOUR
USUAL M.O.?
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
YOU TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING.
OH.
HELLO?
Mark:
Inspector Churchill?
YES.
YES, I THINK YOU SHOULD COME OUT
TO THE GARDNER PLACE RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME DEVELOPMENTS.
MY SON'S INTERVIEWING
TANYA GARDNER'S HUSBAND
BUT I THINK
IT'S UNLIKELY
HE HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE MURDER.
THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN MY GUESS ALSO.
OH, I BOUGHT YOU THIS.
IT'S NOT CUBAN,
BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE IT
WOULD DO IN A PINCH.
THANK YOU.
LOVELY.
MR. GARDNER'S
IDENTIFIED THE PIECE
THAT WAS STOLEN
FROM THEIR SAFE.
IT WAS A DIAMOND...
ONE OF A SET OF SEVEN.
SEVEN?
WANT A LIGHT FOR THAT?
NO. I'LL SAVE IT
FOR LATER.
THE SET WAS CALLED
"THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS."
THEY WERE CUT FOR
THE LAST CZAR OF RUSSIA.
NICHOLAS ROMANOV.
YES. EACH ONE WAS
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
COLOR, I UNDERSTAND
AND EACH ONE WAS CUT
IN A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT MANNER.
THE LARGEST ONE WAS
CALLED "GLUTTONY"
AND THEN THE ONE
WITH THE RED TINGE IN IT
WAS CALLED "ANGER,"
AND SO ON.
FASCINATING.
I GUESS, AFTER
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
THE SET WAS SPLIT UP
AND THE MOVE
TO REUNITE THE SET
HAS BECOME QUITE
AN OBSESSION, I GUESS
WITH SOME OF
THE COLLECTORS
AROUND THE WORLD.
UNDERSTANDABLY SO.
YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
TO LIGHT THAT CIGAR?
NO, THANK YOU.
NO, REALLY,
I JUST HAD ONE.
SO THESE JEWELS...
WELL,
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH
FIVE OF THEM
HAVE BEEN STOLEN
IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
NOW, THE ONE THAT
WAS IN THE GARDNER SAFE
IS THE SIXTH ONE...
UH... "PRIDE," I THINK.
I KNEW CONNOR
WAS UP TO SOMETHING.
I HAD NO IDEA
IT WAS THIS BIG.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A PRIVATE CONCERN HERE.
THE SEVENTH ONE... UH...
"LUST" I THINK IT'S CALLED...
HAS BEEN DONATED
TO AN AUCTION
BENEFITING THE HOSPITAL
WHERE I WORK.
SO YOU THINK
THAT GRANT CONNOR
IS PLANNING TO STEAL
THAT ONE AS WELL?
CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR?
CERTAINLY.
WOULD YOU SMOKE
THAT CIGAR?
JUST A COUPLE
OF PUFFS?
I HAVE TO KNOW IF IT'S
AS GOOD AS THE SALESMAN
CONVINCED ME
THAT IT WAS.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, WHAT A SHAME.
I SEEM TO HAVE
LEFT MY LIGHTER...
HERE YOU GO.
YOU HAVE TO CUT
THE END OFF FIRST.
OTHERWISE, IT WON'T DRAW.
YOU NEVER SMOKED A CIGAR
IN YOUR LIFE, DID YOU?
YOU NEVER WORKED
AT THE YARD EITHER.
WHAT GAVE ME AWAY?
ANYONE WHO KNOWS
AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW
ABOUT RUBENS' PAINTINGS
WOULD HAVE KNOWN EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT THOSE DIAMONDS
I TOLD YOU ABOUT.
NOT NECESSARILY.
WELL, THEN,
THERE'S ALSO THE MATTER
OF INSPECTOR BARCLAY'S
WIFE TABITHA.
BARCLAY WAS
A LIFELONG BACHELOR.
HE DID HAVE A SUCCESSION
OF DOGS... UH... BLOODHOUNDS...
EVERY ONE OF THEM NAMED TABITHA.
HE WAS NOTORIOUS
FOR BRINGING THEM
TO WORK WITH HIM.
ANYONE WHO WORKED
AT THE YARD
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.
MY REAL NAME
IS VANESSA THACKERY.
GRANT CONNOR
BROKE INTO MY HOUSE
IN ENGLAND AND
STOLE MY JEWELRY.
HE DID ALMOST
ALL THOSE THINGS TO ME
THAT HE DID
TO THAT POOR WOMAN.
HE SEDUCED ME,
AND MADE A FOOL OF ME.
AND YOU WANT REVENGE?
MY TYPICAL STORY
HAS A TWIST, HOWEVER.
MY HUSBAND CAME HOME
UNEXPECTEDLY
CAUGHT HIM,
AND THEY STRUGGLED.
MY HUSBAND HAD
A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.
I WANT GRANT
CONNOR CAUGHT.
YOU HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY
HERE IN AMERICA
WHICH MAKES
IT EVEN BETTER.
I'M SORRY IF
THAT SOUNDS HARSH
BUT IT'S HOW I FEEL.
AND I'M SORRY
I LIED TO YOU.
I WAS AFRAID YOU
WOULDN'T LET ME IN
ON THE INVESTIGATION
OTHERWISE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I COULDN'T THEN,
AND I CAN'T NOW.
YOU KNOW
I HAVE TO CHECK OUT
THAT IDENTITY, TOO.
OF COURSE.
YOU THINK SHE'LL
WALK AWAY FROM THIS?
I DIDN'T
THINK SO, EITHER.
CIGAR?
YEAH.
YOU HAVE
TO BITE THE END OFF.
THIS ONE?
HEY.
JESSE,
IS THAT THE VIOLIN?
NO. I'M AL CAPONE.
TAKE IT.
I CAN'T TAKE IT
UNLESS YOU'RE SURE.
I AM SURE.
DON'T I SOUND IT?
NO.
WELL, I AM, SO TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I WILL
JUST TAKE ONE
LAST PEEK AT IT...
IT WAS A GIFT
FROM MY FATHER...
AND THEN I'LL
HAND IT OVER.
OKAY.
HERE.
CAN'T ACCEPT IT.
WHAT?
YOU'RE NOT READY
TO GIVE IT UP.
I SAID I'M READY,
AND I AM. HERE.
JESSE, THIS IS A GIFT
FROM YOUR FATHER
AND I REALLY THINK THAT
YOU SHOULD HOLD ON TO IT.
I'M SORRY,
I HAVE TONS TO DO.
YOU DON'T WANT IT?
NO.
YOU'RE TELLING ME
IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOUR AUCTION?
JESSE, THIS ISN'T
ABOUT THE VIOLIN.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
MY FATHER?
YOU'RE CRAZY.
YOU FORGET, I'VE KNOWN YOU
A LONG TIME
AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
YOUR VIOLIN IN THE AUCTION.
ONLY IF YOU
AND YOUR FATHER'S GHOST
ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP
WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I... I HOPE IT IS VALUABLE.
IT'D BE A FIRST FOR MY FATHER.
VANESSA THACKERY.
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR ME?
THE GIRL'S NAME IS
POLLY CORNWALLIS.
I'M NOT LOOKING
FOR A GIRL.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS ONE.
SHE ALWAYS CAME IN WITH A MAN
WHEN HE BOUGHT HIS HAVANAS.
SHE CAME IN THIS
MORNING, ALONE.
WHAT'S THIS?
THE LICENSE PLATE.
ONE OF THOSE VANITY THINGS,
"POLLYCEE1."
YOU CAN GET THE ADDRESS
FROM THAT.
WELL, I FIGURE
THAT SHOULD INSPIRE
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S
GRATITUDE, DON'T YOU?
COME TO ME, CLEVELAND.
WHAT'S SHE DOING?
Mark:
SOMETHING NICE,
IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU THINK
THERE'S ANY CHANCE
THAT SHE KILLED
TANYA GARDNER?
Mark:
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO
EXITS TO THIS PLACE.
I'LL TAKE THE ONE
ON THE WEST SIDE.
ARE YOU CORNWALLIS?
POLLY. CORNWALLIS
IS MY LAST NAME.
I THOUGHT IT WENT BETTER
WITH COSTUME...
CORNWALLIS COSTUME.
MAY I SEE THAT RING,
THERE?
OH, SURE.
ALL MY STUFF IS GUARANTEED
COSTUME-QUALITY JEWELRY.
VERY NICE.
THANK YOU.
WHAT ABOUT THAT
NECKLACE THERE?
OH, THAT WAS WORN
BY RITA HAYWORTH IN
RAIN.
OH.
OH, YES.
BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT?
YES.
DO YOU HAVE
A RESTROOM?
SURE.
IT'S RIGHT BACK THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THAT
PIECE THERE?
THAT'S, UM,
JUST DECORATION.
IT'S JUNK.
BUT I LIKE IT.
HOW MUCH?
I'M SORRY,
IT'S NOT FOR SALE.
EVERYTHING'S FOR SALE.
NAME A PRICE.
I REALLY AM SORRY.
IT'S MY BOYFRIEND'S.
HE'S JUST LETTING ME USE IT
FOR WINDOW DECORATIONS
BUT HE WAS VERY DEFINITE...
HE WANTS IT BACK.
OH.
DO YOU MIND IF I
JUST LOOK AT IT?
AH.
OH.
IT'S SWEET.
YES.
IT'S LOVELY.
TOO BAD.
I KNOW JUST WHAT
I WOULD HAVE DONE WITH IT.
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE.
MY BOYFRIEND SAID
THE DIAMOND WAS WORTH
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
AND THAT THIS
WOMAN HE KNEW
HAD KILLED SOMEBODY
TO GET IT.
IS THIS YOUR BOYFRIEND,
GRANT CONNOR?
YES.
DID HE TELL YOU
YOU WERE RECEIVING
STOLEN GOODS?
NO.
AND THAT THAT IS A FELONY?
UH, I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
HE JUST GAVE IT TO ME
TO HOLD FOR HIM FOR
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT'S ALL.
LOOK, IF IT
REALLY WAS STOLEN
WHY WOULD HE HAVE
ME PLACE IT HERE
RIGHT WHERE ANYBODY
COULD SEE IT?
EDGAR ALLAN POE,
THE PURLOINED LETTER.
WHAT?
THE ORIGIN OF "HIDE
IN PLAIN SIGHT."
DR. SLOAN?
PRETTY LADY
GIVE ME FIVE BUCKS
AND THIS ADDRESS.
SAID TO TELL YOU
THAT THE MAN YOU WANT
THIS IS WHERE HE'S AT.
Steve:
WE KNOW THAT, PSEUDONYMS ASIDE
HER REAL NAME
IS VANESSA SELLERS
THAT'S SHE SOMETHING
OF A LEGEND IN EUROPE.
RETIRED CAT BURGLAR.
AN ALLEG CAT BURGLAR.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN
CONVICTED OF ANYTHING.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT MAKE YOU,
HER ALLEGED, UH...
HOW SHOULD I
PUT THIS?
WHOLESALER?
A FENCE IS A FENCE IS A FENCE,
MR. JANOS.
VANESSA SELLERS AND I
HAVEN'T HAD
ANY BUSINESS DEALINGS
FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D
ALSO HEARD THAT SHE WAS RETIRED.
THAT IS, UNTIL SHE SHOWED UP
ON MY DOORSTEP
LAST NIGHT.
WHO'S GRANT CONNOR?
HE WAS HER PROTEGE
AND HER LOVER.
HOW TIDY.
THEY HAD A FALLING OUT
THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
ANOTHER WOMAN, I BELIEVE.
BUT THEY SEEMED TO BE
ON FINE TERMS LAST NIGHT
AND EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN
THEY FINALLY PARTED WAYS.
I HOPE I'M NOT TELLING YOU MORE
THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW.
OH, THERE'S NO SUCH THING.
WELL, THEN, PERHAPS
YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW THIS.
GRANT TOLD ME THAT VANESSA STOLE
A VERY IMPORTANT DIAMOND
TWO NIGHTS AGO
AND APPARENTLY KILLED A WOMAN
IN THE PROCESS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
WHICH PART?
I DON'T BELIEVE
SHE KILLED TANYA GARDNER.
THERE'S TWO PEOPLE
THAT SAID SHE DID.
TWO PEOPLE THAT
GRANT CONNOR TOLD.
IT DOESN'T FIT THE PROFILE
FROM SCOTLAND YARD
WE GOT ON
VANESSA SELLERS.
YEAH, WELL, IT DOESN'T FIT
GRANT CONNOR'S
PROFILE, EITHER.
TRUE.
BUT IF SHE KILLED SOMEBODY
WHY WOULD SHE HANG AROUND
WAITING TO BE ARRESTED?
RETURNING TO THE SCENE
OF THE CRIME
MAY BE A CLICHE,
BUT IT'S BASED ON FACT.
CRIMINALS HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO
WORK THEMSELVES
INTO THE
INVESTIGATION
OF THE VERY CRIME
THEY COMMITTED.
THERE IS ANOTHER REASON
SHE MIGHT HAVE
TRIED TO GET IN
ON THE INVESTIGATION.
THAT SEVENTH DIAMOND'S
GOING TO BE
AUCTIONED OFF
IN TWO MORE DAYS
AND WHO BETTER TO
LEAD HER RIGHT
TO IT THAN YOU?
YEAH, BUT THAT'D BE
FOOLISH OF HER.
SHE'S GOT TO KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO BE
GUARDING THAT DIAMOND
MORE CLOSELY THAN EVER.
FOOLISH OR
INCREDIBLY DARING
AND THAT DOES FIT
VANESSA SELLERS' PROFILE.
YEAH...
I THINK I JUST LOST
MY APPETITE.
Jesse:
HI.
I'M JESSE TRAVIS.
YES?
OH, I DONATED
A VIOLIN.
HI, JESSE.
HEY. DID
YOU, UH...
GET A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT IT YET?
WHICH?
THE VIOLIN.
IT'S A BERGONZI.
MR. VAN ARK HAS BEEN SO BUSY
EXAMINING
ALL OF THESE ITEMS.
IT'S A COPY, ISN'T IT?
OH, YES,
THE FACTORY-MADE VIOLIN.
YES, THE FORGED SIGNATURE
WAS QUITE GOOD, ACTUALLY.
ALMOST HAD ME FOOLED.
BUT THE INCORRECT
LACQUER COATING
GAVE IT AWAY.
SO, IT'S WORTH WHAT?
OH, DEPENDING ON THE SENTIMENTAL
VALUE, OF COURSE...
THERE'S NO SENTIMENTAL VALUE.
TWO-FIFTY, THREE HUNDRED?
FORTY-NINE.
DOLLARS?
YES.
YOU COULDN'T EVEN
ROUND IT UP TO AN EVEN 50?
I DON'T EVER ROUND UP ANYTHING.
THE VALUE IS THE VALUE. PERIOD.
FORTY-NINE DOLLARS?
I UNDERSTAND HOW
DISAPPOINTING
IT WOULD BE
TO FIND OUT SOMETHING
YOU'VE CHERISHED IS WORTHLESS.
BELIEVE ME,
I NEVER CHERISHED IT.
I KEPT IT IN A BOX IN MY COLLEGE
LOCKER IN MY CLOSET.
SO, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IT.
JESSE.
IT'S FINE. I SHOULD'VE KNOWN
IT WAS A PHONY
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
MY FATHER GAVE TO ME.
PHONY DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MEAN WORTHLESS.
THERE WAS A RATHER
WELL-KNOWN VIOLIN MAKER
IN THE EARLY PART
OF THE 19th CENTURY
WHO CRAFTED EXQUISITE
COPIES OF FAMOUS VIOLINS.
YES, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT
ILLUMINATING INFORMATION.
Vanessa:
SOME COUNT NAMED
ROSARIO CALTABIANO.
HE LOVED MAKING VIOLINS.
HE HANDCRAFTED THEM LOVINGLY
AND THEN,
BECAUSE HE WAS A NOBLEMAN
AND NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
A LABORER'S WORK
HE SIGNED OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES
TO THEM
AND SENT THEM OUT TO BE SOLD.
YES, WELL, THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE YOU LEFT A SECTION
OVER THERE UNDUSTED.
HEY, DID YOU
KNOW ABOUT THIS
CALTABIANO GUY?
YES, OF COURSE.
EVERYONE KNOWS
ABOUT THE ITALIAN COUNT.
DID YOU CHECK TO SEE
IF MINE WAS ONE OF HIS?
WELL...
NO.
HOW MUCH
WOULD A FAKE
CALTABIANO BE WORTH?
ABOUT $20,000, $25,000.
THEREABOUTS.
I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
GOOD IDEA.
HEY, HOW'D YOU KNOW SO MUCH
ABOUT VIO...?
WHERE'D THE...?
HELLO. OH, SORRY. SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO SCARE YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
HOW DID YOU GET IN THIS CAR?
IT'S A TALENT I HAVE.
I JUST GOT A CALL FROM STEVE.
THEY FOUND A GUN
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM...
THE MURDER WEAPON.
IN THE LOO?
YES.
EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IN THIS COUNTY
IS OUT LOOKING FOR YOU.
GRANT CONNOR SET ME UP.
VANESSA...
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
EVEN THE ALARM THAT WENT OFF.
I'VE NEVER TRIPPED
A BURGLAR ALARM IN MY LIFE.
I HAVE TO TURN YOU OVER
TO THE POLICE.
I WON'T LET YOU.
I'VE GOT A GUN.
NO, YOU DON'T.
SCOTLAND YARD SENT ME
A COPY OF YOUR FILES.
YOU NEVER CARRY A GUN.
IF YOU KNOW THAT
YOU KNOW I COULDN'T HAVE
KILLED TANYA GARDNER.
I ADMIT I'M KIND OF LEANING
THAT WAY MYSELF
BUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ISN'T.
AT LEAST LET ME EXPLAIN
MY SIDE OF THIS TO YOU.
PLEASE?
GRANT'S BEEN TELLING
ANYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN
THAT I DID IT.
HE'S BEEN
QUITE INSISTENT.
THAT'S BOTHERING ME
A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
SO WHEN I LEFT THE HOTEL,
I RANG UP THE FRONT DESK
AND ASKED THEM TO SEND UP
A PLUMBER TO CHECK MY LOO.
ASK THEM WHICH PLUMBER
THEY SENT UP.
HE'LL TELL YOU
THERE WAS NO GUN
IN THE LOO AFTER I LEFT.
WELL, HOW DO I KNOW YOU
DIDN'T GO THERE AFTERWARDS
AND STASH IT IN THE ONE PLACE
YOU KNEW WOULD BE ALIBI?
I HAVEN'T BEEN
BACK TO MY ROOM.
I'M SUPPOSED TO TAKE
YOUR WORD FOR THAT?
IT WOULD BE NICE,
BUT NOT ESSENTIAL.
I HAVE WITNESSES.
I WAS AT THE AUCTION HOUSE
ALL DAY.
"CASING THE JOINT,"
I THINK YOU CALL IT.
ASK YOUR FRIENDS
DR. BENTLEY
AND DR. TRAVIS
ABOUT THE CLEANING
LADY AND THE VIOLIN.
ASK THEM TO TELL YOU
THE STORY OF COUNT CALTABIANO.
SO YOU CONCOCTED
AN INTERESTING TALE
SO THEY WOULDN'T
FORGET YOU.
IT WAS ALL TRUE,
EVERY WORD OF IT
AND SO IS THE FACT
THAT I NEVER PUT A GUN
IN THE LOO IN MY HOTEL ROOM.
NOW, HOW COULD YOU
POSSIBLY KNOW IN ADVANCE
WHERE GRANT
WAS GOING TO HIDE THAT GUN?
I COMPLAINED
ABOUT THE HEATING SYSTEM.
HAD THEM CHECK THE AIR VENTS.
ASKED HOUSEKEEPING
TO PLEASE VACUUM
THE CURTAINS
UNDER THE BED,
BEHIND THE DRESSER.
THEY HAD A VERY BUSY MORNING.
ARE YOU GOING TO TURN ME IN?
ANY SIGN OF GRANT CONNOR?
NOT YET.
BY THE WAY, JESSE
I THINK IT WAS GREAT
YOU DONATING THE VIOLIN.
OH, THANKS, BUT, UH, IT'S
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SELL.
YOU'RE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
WE CAUGHT A BREAK WITH TRAFFIC
OUT OF BAKERSFIELD.
WON'T THEY DOCK
YOU FOR THAT?
YEAH. DON'T WANT
TO MAKE THE COMPANY
LOOK TOO GOOD, HUH?
NO.
YOU STILL, UH, CAN TAKE US
TONIGHT, CAN'T YOU?
SURE. I CAN'T GO
ANYWHERE TILL AFTER
THE AUCTION ANYWAY.
GREAT, THANKS.
SO, THAT'S A REAL MUMMY?
FOR THE EGYPTIAN
AUCTION NEXT WEEK.
WOW.
MM-HMM.
WE'LL PUT IT
IN THE BASEMENT
AND I'LL UNPACK
IT TOMORROW.
THERE YOU GO.
THANKS A LOT.
DR. SLOAN?
NOTHING YET.
Here, either.
LET ME KNOW
if you see anything suspicious.
I WILL.
Steve:
I HAVE TO SAY THIS AGAIN, DAD
THIS IS A
REALLY BAD IDEA.
THE ONLY WAY VANESSA CAN PROVE
SHE DIDN'T COMMIT THAT MURDER
IS TO CATCH
THE GUY WHO DID.
UNLESS SHE CATCHES
THE DIAMOND INSTEAD
AND PULLS A
DISAPPEARING ACT.
Workman:
IN THIS WAY, GUYS.
I WANT IT UP AGAINST
THAT WALL OVER THERE.
WATCH FOR THE LIGHT
OVERHEAD.
THAT'S IT.
FACE OUT.
THAT'S IT.
SPIN IT AROUND.
PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, GUYS.
Auctioneer:
GOOD EVENING
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
AND WELCOME TO OUR AUCTION
THIS EVENING.
AS YOU KNOW,
ALL PROCEEDS TONIGHT
WILL BENEFIT THE BUILDING FUND
FOR COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
OUR FIRST ITEM
IS A STUNNING COPY
OF A BERGONZI VIOLIN
CRAFTED BY THE FAMOUS FORGER
COUNT CALTABIANO.
I'M GOING TO START THE BIDDING
AT $500.
Auctioneer:
$550. THANK YOU.
SIX HUNDRED.
$650 TO THE GENTLEMAN
IN THE BOUTONNIERE.
DAD, I THINK HE'S HERE.
VANESSA?
VANESSA?!
Mark:
Vanessa?
SHE'S NOT RESPONDING.
CHECK ON THE ROOF.
I'LL GO CHECK
ON THE DIAMOND.
DAD, KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH OUT
HERE, WILL YOU?
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS?
ANYTHING AT ALL?
NO, SIR.
EVERYTHING SEEMS
TO BE JUST FINE.
OH, GUARD, I NEED SOME
HELP IN THE BASEMENT.
Auctioneer:
AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
THE ITEM YOU HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR...
THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE
THE SEVENTH JEWEL
IN THE ROMANOV
"SEVEN DEADLY SINS" COLLECTION...
THE LUST DIAMOND.
ANY SIGN OF VANESSA?
NO, BUT SHE'S
GOT TO BE HERE.
SHE WOULDN'T LEAVE.
NOT WITHOUT THE
DIAMOND ANYWAY.
Auctioneer:
WE START THE BIDDING
AT $300,000.
THANK YOU.
DO I HEAR $325,000?
I GOT TO LOG IN
THESE ITEMS FOR MONDAY.
I NEED YOU TO WITNESS IT...
COMPANY POLICY.
AT $1,400,000, THEN.
GOING ONCE.
GOING TWICE.
SOLD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO!
Jesse:
WELL, I GUESS THAT
WAS ALL MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING...
THE DIAMOND IS SAFE.
NO LAST-MINUTE
DISAPPEARANCE.
LOOKS THAT WAY.
I'LL FEEL BETTER
ABOUT THE WHOLE THING
WHEN WE FIND VANESSA.
EXCUSE ME. I WAS TOLD
YOU'RE THE GENTLEMAN
WHO DONATED THIS BEAUTIFUL
INSTRUMENT FOR THE AUCTION.
YES, YEAH.
I HAVE A
DAUGHTER.
SHE'S 13 AND
SHE'S JUST BEEN
ACCEPTED TO JUILLIARD.
THIS VIOLIN WILL BE
HER DREAM COME TRUE.
REALLY?
EVEN A COPY OF A BERGONZI.
IT'S THE BEST $15,000
I EVER SPENT.
THANK YOU FOR
GIVING IT UP.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
OH! OH, I'M SO SORRY.
DID I HURT YOU?
LET ME LOOK AT THAT...
LET ME... OH!
CONNOR!
Steve:
COVER ALL THE EXITS.
KARATE?
FRED ASTAIRE.
AH.
HE GOT THE DIAMOND ON HIM?
Steve:
YEP.
RIGHT HERE.
PIECE OF COAL?
WHERE'S THE DIAMOND?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS IN THERE.
WE PUT OUT
AN A.P.B. ON HER.
OH, SHE AND THE DIAMOND ARE
PROBABLY LONG GONE BY NOW.
WELL...
STEVE, I'M SORRY.
I WAS WRONG.
WELL, IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN THAT OFTEN.
YOU'RE GOING TO
BE ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, I'LL BE FINE
AND DON'T WORRY, DAD...
WE'LL CATCH HER.
YEAH.
VANESSA?
Vanessa:
I COULDN'T TAKE
THE DIAMOND
NOT AFTER YOU PUT
YOUR TRUST IN ME
BUT AT LEAST, FOR A FEW HOURS
I HAD ALL SEVEN JEWELS
IN MY POSSESSION
JUST LIKE NICHOLAS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BY THE WAY, TELL JESSE THERE
REALLY WAS A COUNT CALTABIANO
AND THIS VIOLIN WAS ONE OF HIS.
HE SHOULD KEEP IT
AS A MEMENTO OF HIS FATHER.
CIAO, MY FRIEND.
ALLOWED ON THE CRIME SCENE.
MY IDENTIFICATION.
I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE ME
TO THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR.
HER NAME IS TANYA GARDNER.
HER HUSBAND WAS IN TOKYO
ON BUSINESS.
HE'S ON HIS WAY HOME NOW.
Mark:
MURDER IN THE COMMISSION
OF BURGLARY, HUH?
THAT'S WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND THE KILLER
IS A MAN NAMED
GRANT CONNOR.
INSPECTOR VANESSA CHURCHILL,
SCOTLAND YARD.
INSPECTOR.
WHAT DOES THE YARD
GOT TO DO WITH
A GARDEN-VARIETY
MURDER IN MALIBU?
GRANT CONNOR IS A JEWEL THIEF.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HIM
FOR SIX MONTHS
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
I LOST HIM LAST NIGHT
THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
RUBENS' SAMSON AND DELILAH.
AUTHENTIC?
PROBABLY NOT.
UH-HUH.
THIS WAS CONNOR'S USUAL M.O...
CUT THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW OR
DOOR, AVOIDING THE ALARM WIRES.
DOES HE USUALLY KILL
TO GET WHAT HE WANTS?
NO. USUALLY HE JUST SEDUCES
AND BETRAYS HIS VICTIMS.
THAT'S CONNOR'S WAY
OF FINDING OUT
WHERE IMPORTANT
JEWELS ARE KEPT.
HE SLEPT WITH THE WOMEN
WHO OWNED THEM...
THIS ONE.
SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL,
WASN'T SHE?
ANY IDEA WHY
HE KILLED HER?
MAYBE SHE WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE
WHEN HE BROKE IN.
MAYBE SHE COULD
IDENTIFY HIM.
OR...
YES?
MAYBE SHE HELPED HIM
AND THEN MADE DEMANDS.
WOMEN HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO BE LIKE THAT.
AND MAYBE HE DIDN'T WANT
TO GIVE IN TO HER DEMANDS.
MEN HAVE BEEN KNOWN
TO BE LIKE
THAT.
BUT NOT TO KILL, SURELY.
PERHAPS YOU'VE KNOWN
DIFFERENT MEN
THAN I HAVE.
SHE WAS SO SWEET-TEMPERED,
YOU KNOW?
ALWAYS MADE YOU
FEEL LIKE, UH...
YOU MATTERED TO HER,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA
OF HER ITINERARY
THE PAST FEW WEEKS?
EASY.
EVERY DAY WAS THE SAME.
SHE SLEPT IN LATE.
AFTER LUNCH, SHE AND I WOULD
GO TO SAKS, BEVERLY HILLS.
SHE'D SHOP THREE,
FOUR HOURS.
COME BACK WITH A LIPSTICK,
NEW PAIR OF SHOES... LIKE THAT.
Mark:
AND, UH, OLD
SEATON BARCLAY...
IS HE STILL
WITH THE YARD?
"WITH THE YARD"?
HE IS THE YARD.
HE WAS HERE BACK IN,
OH, GEE, WHEN WAS IT?
'86, '87, SOMEWHERE
LATE IN THE '80s.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE WAS WORKING ON, UH...
THE RUNAWAY ROYALTY
MURDER.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND HIS WIFE, TABITHA...
HOW'S SHE?
TRUTHFULLY, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVEN'T REALLY SPENT
ANY TIME TO SPEAK OF
WITH SEATON FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
SORRY.
WOULD YOU TELL ME
SOMETHING?
IF I CAN.
THAT PAINTING
SAMSON AND DELILAH...
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT
WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL?
OH. WELL...
THE ORIGINAL WAS
AUCTIONED OFF IN 1640
THE YEAR RUBENS DIED.
WHEN IT APPEARED AGAIN
IN THE PRINCE OF LIECHTENSTEIN
COLLECTION IN VIENNA
IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED
TO BE A FAKE...
A VERY GOOD COPY
BY JAN VAN HAECKE.
THEN IT DISAPPEARED
AGAIN
AND WAS REDISCOVERED IN 1929
WHEN IT WAS SOLD
TO A GERMAN TOBACCO DEALER.
THIS TIME IT WAS HERALDED
AS THE ORIGINAL RUBENS.
BUT NO ONE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE COPY BY VAN HAECKE.
THEN, THE PAINTING
WAS LOST AGAIN
RESURFACING
ONLY RECENTLY.
SO WHO CAN SAY?
RUBENS? VAN HAECKE?
OR SOMEONE ELSE ENTIRELY?
HMM. SOUNDS LIKE A SHELL GAME.
A VERY EXPENSIVE ONE, YES.
GOOD MORNING.
OH, YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO KNOW
OF ANY CIGAR SHOPS IN THE AREA
THAT MIGHT CARRY A SMALL,
UNADVERTISED SUPPLY
OF CUBAN CIGARS,
WOULD YOU?
CUBAN CIGARS ARE ILLEGAL
IN THE UNITED STATES.
YES, WELL, EVEN SO, I HAD HEARD
THAT SOME PROPRIETORS
KEEP A LIMITED SUPPLY
FOR THEIR FAVORITE CUSTOMERS.
IS THIS, UH, PERTINENT
TO THE CONNOR CASE?
OH, NOT AT ALL.
IT'S A DISGUSTING HABIT,
I ADMIT
BUT I'VE DEVELOPED
RATHER A FONDNESS
FOR CIGARS,
PARTICULARLY HAVANAS.
YOU SMOKE CIGARS?
AT FIRST IT
WAS A WAY
TO GET MY COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT
ME AS ONE OF THE BOYS.
THEN I GOT HOOKED.
OH, I SEE.
I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO GIVE ME
ANY INFORMATION
THAT MIGHT LEAVE YOU
FEELING COMPROMISED
BUT IF YOU WOULD THINK
AS I WOULD
THAT I'D ONLY BE SKATING
ON THE EDGE
OF THE MOST MINOR
OF ILLEGALITIES...
WELL, IF YOU CAN THINK
OF ANYTHING ELSE
NO MATTER HOW UNIMPORTANT
IT MIGHT SEEM TO YOU...
I'LL CALL YOU.
THANK YOU.
SHE SAID SHE'D MEET YOU
BACK AT THE STATION.
I'VE GOT TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL
AND MAKE MY ROUNDS.
HELLO?
HI, AMANDA.
I'M ON MY WAY BACK
THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'VE GOT SOME
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
I JUST SPOKE TO MARK
AND HE'S AGREED
TO DONATE A SIGNED
AGATHA CHRISTIE FIRST EDITION.
OH, NO.
MRS. SIMPKINS
BROUGHT IN A GOWN
THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORN
BY PRINCESS DI.
WOW!
AND I THINK WE HAVE
AN ORIGINAL TEDDY BEAR...
A TEDDY BEAR FROM
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S ERA.
LOOK, I KNOW WHAT AN ORIGINAL
TEDDY BEAR IS, OKAY?
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
AROUND HERE
WHO KNOWS THE VALUE
OF SOMETHING.
WHERE'S ALL THIS
COMING FROM?
SORRY.
I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT
THE QUALITY OF ITEMS
THAT ARE BEING DONATED
FOR THE FUND-RAISER.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS,
I'VE GOT THIS VIOLIN.
IT WAS A GIFT
FROM MY FATHER.
YOUR FATHER?
YEAH, HE BROUGHT IT BACK
FROM EASTERN EUROPE
ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO.
ANYWAY, IT'S SIGNED.
BY WHOM?
IT'S NOT A STRADIVARIUS.
IT'S NOT EVEN AN AMATI.
IT'S NOT SEARS AND ROEBUCK,
IS IT?
OH, NO. IT'S A BERGONZI.
A BERGONZI?
EVER HEAR OF
CARLO BERGONZI?
HE WAS AN 18th-CENTURY
VIOLIN MAKER
WHO APPRENTICED UNDER AMATI
WHO ULTIMATELY INHERITED
STRADIVARIUS'S WORKSHOP.
YOUR FATHER TOLD YOU ALL THIS?
YEAH. BUT THEN I READ UP ON HIM.
WELL, IT COULD BE WORTH
A FORTUNE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY.
MANUFACTURERS WOULD OFTEN
FORGE SIGNATURES
JUST TO SELL INSTRUMENTS.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD IT
AUTHENTICATED?
NO. BUT I FIGURE I MIGHT
AS WELL IT TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR THE AUCTION.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IF THE VIOLIN WAS ACTUALLY MADE
BY THIS...
BERGONZI.
BERGONZI, IT COULD BE
WORTH WHAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
A STRADIVARIUS SOLD
FOR A MILLION DOLLARS IN 1996.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU MUST GET THE INSTRUMENT
APPRAISED.
BUT IT'S NOT A STRADIVARIUS.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN
A BERGONZI.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT,
RIGHT?
I HAVE AN AUTHENTICATOR COMING
TO APPRAISE SOME ITEMS.
WOULD YOU LIKE HIM
TO LOOK AT YOUR VIOLIN?
IT'S PROBABLY WORTH
$200 AT MOST.
SO WHAT? THAT'S STILL
A GENEROUS DONATION.
WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE
I PLAY THE THING.
SO IF I CAN GIVE IT TO A WORTHY
CAUSE, WELL, THEN, GOOD.
JESSE, I WANT YOU
TO THINK ABOUT IT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT
FOR YOU TO DONATE
THE VIOLIN
AND REGRET IT
LATER, HMM?
YOU'RE RIGHT...
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I WILL... THINK ABOUT IT.
Steve:
ACCORDING TO HER CHAUFFEUR
MRS. GARDNER WENT TO A STORE
IN BEVERLY HILLS EVERY DAY
FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
BUT HER CREDIT CARD
RECORDS SHOW
THAT SHE HARDLY EVER
BOUGHT ANYTHING.
WELL, THERE'S NO LAW
AGAINST WINDOW-SHOPPING.
NO FUN IN IT, EITHER.
INSPECTOR CHURCHILL
HAS ANOTHER THEORY.
THE STORE IS DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE
HOTEL.
I STOPPED IN
ON MY WAY HERE.
SO?
SO, IF THE VICTIM
WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR, SHE COULD
HAVE BEEN USING SHOPPING
AS A COVER.
GRANT CONNOR, COURTESY INTERPOL.
HE REGISTERED AT THE BEVERLY
WILSHIRE TEN DAYS AGO.
CHECKED OUT THIS MORNING. EARLY.
SO YOU THINK THE THIEF
COZIED UP TO THE VICTIM
GOT HER TO TELL HIM
WHERE THE JEWELS WERE
BROKE INTO HER HOUSE,
AND THEN WHAT? KILLED HER.
WHY?
INSPECTOR CHURCHILL THINKS
THAT MAYBE SHE DIDN'T KNOW
HE WAS GOING TO ROB HER
OR MAYBE SHE DID
AND WANTED TO GO WITH HIM.
GRANT CONNOR
IS A VERY CHARMING MAN.
YEAH, HE LOOKS CHARMING.
WHAT DID HE TAKE?
WE WON'T KNOW
UNTIL THE HUSBAND RETURNS.
BUT, WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT MUST HAVE BEEN WORTH A LOT
IF HE WAS WILLING
TO KILL FOR IT.
ALRIGHT.
I'LL PUT OUT
AN A.P.B.
I AGREE.
THAT WOULD BE THE SMART
THING TO DO.
WELL, I THANK YOU, INSPECTOR.
I'M SO GLAD
SCOTLAND YARD APPROVES.
CAN I HELP YOU?
I'M LOOKING FOR CUBAN CIGARS.
UH, SORRY, WE DON'T CARRY THEM.
IN THAT CASE,
I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN
WHO SMOKES CUBAN CIGARS...
THIS MAN.
HEY, ARE YOU A COP?
I BELONG TO A PRESIDENTIAL
INQUIRY COMMITTEE...
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
PERHAPS YOU RECOGNIZE
THE PICTURE?
AND HE WOULD BE
EVER SO GRATEFUL
IF, WHEN YOU SEE THIS MAN
WE'RE LOOKING FOR
YOU WOULD GIVE ME A CALL.
Polly:
GRANT, GRANT! COME HERE.
YOU'RE ON TV.
Authorities are asking
for your help
in locating Grant Connor.
If you have any information
as to his whereabouts
please call the police.
He is sought for questioning
in connection
with a burglary in Malibu
and possible murder
of a woman, Tanya Gardner
the former model and actress
and young wife
of millionaire Edward Gardner.
IS THAT TRUE
ABOUT THE WOMAN?
OF COURSE NOT.
I TOLD YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
A FRIEND'S.
WELL, GRANT, HOW WILL I KNOW
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU?
I'LL CALL YOU.
NOW, BE A GOOD GIRL
AND FIND MY SHOES.
I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
YOU CAUGHT THE 6:00 NEWS.
AS DID A HALF A MILLION
OTHER PEOPLE.
COME ON IN.
I ONLY NEED TO STAY
A FEW DAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I ALREADY
HAVE A HOUSEGUEST.
VANESSA.
ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO FIND A FENCE
I HAVEN'T INTRODUCED YOU TO.
TWO EGGS BOILED FOR EXACTLY
THREE MINUTES
SEVEN-GRAIN BREAD
SWEET BUTTER
AND COFFEE, BLACK.
UNLESS YOU'VE CHANGED
YOUR DIETARY HABITS.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR
AS IF EITHER
OF US HAS CHANGED.
YOU WERE VERY CLEVER
TO FIND ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW ALL
THE PLACES I LOOKED
WHERE I DIDN'T FIND YOU.
WE NEED TO TALK.
Grant:
WITHOUT THE DIAMOND
I STOLE FROM
THE LOVELY MRS. GARDNER...
WAS IT ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY THAT SHE DIE?
DO YOU REALLY
WANT TO GO THERE?
OH, DIDN'T MEAN
TO TOUCH A NERVE.
LET'S KEEP
TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.
YOUR LITTLE COLLECTION
IS PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS
WITHOUT THE PRIDE DIAMOND.
PERHAPS
$10 TEN MILLION.
THAT'S HARDLY
WORTHLESS.
BUT THIS IS A CASE
OF THE WHOLE BEING GREATER
THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.
SIX DIAMONDS ARE WORTH
MAYBE $15 MILLION.
BUT COMPLETING THE COLLECTION
WITH ALL SEVEN...
WHAT WOULD
YOU GUESS?
$50 MILLION?
$100 MILLION?
MAYBE MORE.
THAT'S ASSUMING
I CAN EVEN PROCURE
THE SEVENTH.
I HAVE NO DOUBTS YOU WILL.
WHAT DID
YOU HAVE IN MIND?
FIVE MILLION.
DOLLARS?
OH, YES.
I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
FOR ME, THIS ISN'T
JUST ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT OWNING
A PIECE OF HISTORY.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING
IN MY POSSESSION
SOMETHING THAT NICHOLAS ROMANOV
ONCE HELD IN HIS HANDS.
I FAILED YOUR EDUCATION
WHEN I NEGLECTED TO IMPART
THAT SAME SENSE OF AWE.
AND NOW YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
I'LL CALL A CAB.
YOU COULD TAKE ME
TO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY SAY
THE BRITISH HAVE
NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
OH, I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE.
YOU HAVE THE
$5 MILLION ON YOU.
I DIDN'T SEE IT
WHEN YOU DISROBED
LAST NIGHT.
I WON'T HAVE IT
UNTIL I SELL
THE COLLECTION.
THE COME
COLLECTION.
THEN I GUESS YOU'LL
HAVE TO BORROW IT.
AND HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN
YOU EVEN HAVE THE STONE?
YOU'RE CERTAIN OR YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE COME AFTER ME.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
YOU WOULD HAVE HIDDEN IT
RIGHT HERE ON IRA'S MANTELPIECE.
HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
ISN'T THAT YOUR
USUAL M.O.?
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
YOU TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING.
OH.
HELLO?
Mark:
Inspector Churchill?
YES.
YES, I THINK YOU SHOULD COME OUT
TO THE GARDNER PLACE RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME DEVELOPMENTS.
MY SON'S INTERVIEWING
TANYA GARDNER'S HUSBAND
BUT I THINK
IT'S UNLIKELY
HE HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE MURDER.
THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN MY GUESS ALSO.
OH, I BOUGHT YOU THIS.
IT'S NOT CUBAN,
BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE IT
WOULD DO IN A PINCH.
THANK YOU.
LOVELY.
MR. GARDNER'S
IDENTIFIED THE PIECE
THAT WAS STOLEN
FROM THEIR SAFE.
IT WAS A DIAMOND...
ONE OF A SET OF SEVEN.
SEVEN?
WANT A LIGHT FOR THAT?
NO. I'LL SAVE IT
FOR LATER.
THE SET WAS CALLED
"THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS."
THEY WERE CUT FOR
THE LAST CZAR OF RUSSIA.
NICHOLAS ROMANOV.
YES. EACH ONE WAS
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
COLOR, I UNDERSTAND
AND EACH ONE WAS CUT
IN A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT MANNER.
THE LARGEST ONE WAS
CALLED "GLUTTONY"
AND THEN THE ONE
WITH THE RED TINGE IN IT
WAS CALLED "ANGER,"
AND SO ON.
FASCINATING.
I GUESS, AFTER
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
THE SET WAS SPLIT UP
AND THE MOVE
TO REUNITE THE SET
HAS BECOME QUITE
AN OBSESSION, I GUESS
WITH SOME OF
THE COLLECTORS
AROUND THE WORLD.
UNDERSTANDABLY SO.
YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT
TO LIGHT THAT CIGAR?
NO, THANK YOU.
NO, REALLY,
I JUST HAD ONE.
SO THESE JEWELS...
WELL,
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH
FIVE OF THEM
HAVE BEEN STOLEN
IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
NOW, THE ONE THAT
WAS IN THE GARDNER SAFE
IS THE SIXTH ONE...
UH... "PRIDE," I THINK.
I KNEW CONNOR
WAS UP TO SOMETHING.
I HAD NO IDEA
IT WAS THIS BIG.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A PRIVATE CONCERN HERE.
THE SEVENTH ONE... UH...
"LUST" I THINK IT'S CALLED...
HAS BEEN DONATED
TO AN AUCTION
BENEFITING THE HOSPITAL
WHERE I WORK.
SO YOU THINK
THAT GRANT CONNOR
IS PLANNING TO STEAL
THAT ONE AS WELL?
CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR?
CERTAINLY.
WOULD YOU SMOKE
THAT CIGAR?
JUST A COUPLE
OF PUFFS?
I HAVE TO KNOW IF IT'S
AS GOOD AS THE SALESMAN
CONVINCED ME
THAT IT WAS.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, WHAT A SHAME.
I SEEM TO HAVE
LEFT MY LIGHTER...
HERE YOU GO.
YOU HAVE TO CUT
THE END OFF FIRST.
OTHERWISE, IT WON'T DRAW.
YOU NEVER SMOKED A CIGAR
IN YOUR LIFE, DID YOU?
YOU NEVER WORKED
AT THE YARD EITHER.
WHAT GAVE ME AWAY?
ANYONE WHO KNOWS
AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW
ABOUT RUBENS' PAINTINGS
WOULD HAVE KNOWN EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW
ABOUT THOSE DIAMONDS
I TOLD YOU ABOUT.
NOT NECESSARILY.
WELL, THEN,
THERE'S ALSO THE MATTER
OF INSPECTOR BARCLAY'S
WIFE TABITHA.
BARCLAY WAS
A LIFELONG BACHELOR.
HE DID HAVE A SUCCESSION
OF DOGS... UH... BLOODHOUNDS...
EVERY ONE OF THEM NAMED TABITHA.
HE WAS NOTORIOUS
FOR BRINGING THEM
TO WORK WITH HIM.
ANYONE WHO WORKED
AT THE YARD
WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.
MY REAL NAME
IS VANESSA THACKERY.
GRANT CONNOR
BROKE INTO MY HOUSE
IN ENGLAND AND
STOLE MY JEWELRY.
HE DID ALMOST
ALL THOSE THINGS TO ME
THAT HE DID
TO THAT POOR WOMAN.
HE SEDUCED ME,
AND MADE A FOOL OF ME.
AND YOU WANT REVENGE?
MY TYPICAL STORY
HAS A TWIST, HOWEVER.
MY HUSBAND CAME HOME
UNEXPECTEDLY
CAUGHT HIM,
AND THEY STRUGGLED.
MY HUSBAND HAD
A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.
I WANT GRANT
CONNOR CAUGHT.
YOU HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY
HERE IN AMERICA
WHICH MAKES
IT EVEN BETTER.
I'M SORRY IF
THAT SOUNDS HARSH
BUT IT'S HOW I FEEL.
AND I'M SORRY
I LIED TO YOU.
I WAS AFRAID YOU
WOULDN'T LET ME IN
ON THE INVESTIGATION
OTHERWISE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I COULDN'T THEN,
AND I CAN'T NOW.
YOU KNOW
I HAVE TO CHECK OUT
THAT IDENTITY, TOO.
OF COURSE.
YOU THINK SHE'LL
WALK AWAY FROM THIS?
I DIDN'T
THINK SO, EITHER.
CIGAR?
YEAH.
YOU HAVE
TO BITE THE END OFF.
THIS ONE?
HEY.
JESSE,
IS THAT THE VIOLIN?
NO. I'M AL CAPONE.
TAKE IT.
I CAN'T TAKE IT
UNLESS YOU'RE SURE.
I AM SURE.
DON'T I SOUND IT?
NO.
WELL, I AM, SO TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I WILL
JUST TAKE ONE
LAST PEEK AT IT...
IT WAS A GIFT
FROM MY FATHER...
AND THEN I'LL
HAND IT OVER.
OKAY.
HERE.
CAN'T ACCEPT IT.
WHAT?
YOU'RE NOT READY
TO GIVE IT UP.
I SAID I'M READY,
AND I AM. HERE.
JESSE, THIS IS A GIFT
FROM YOUR FATHER
AND I REALLY THINK THAT
YOU SHOULD HOLD ON TO IT.
I'M SORRY,
I HAVE TONS TO DO.
YOU DON'T WANT IT?
NO.
YOU'RE TELLING ME
IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOUR AUCTION?
JESSE, THIS ISN'T
ABOUT THE VIOLIN.
IT'S ABOUT YOUR FATHER.
MY FATHER?
YOU'RE CRAZY.
YOU FORGET, I'VE KNOWN YOU
A LONG TIME
AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE
YOUR VIOLIN IN THE AUCTION.
ONLY IF YOU
AND YOUR FATHER'S GHOST
ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP
WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I... I HOPE IT IS VALUABLE.
IT'D BE A FIRST FOR MY FATHER.
VANESSA THACKERY.
IS THERE A MESSAGE FOR ME?
THE GIRL'S NAME IS
POLLY CORNWALLIS.
I'M NOT LOOKING
FOR A GIRL.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS ONE.
SHE ALWAYS CAME IN WITH A MAN
WHEN HE BOUGHT HIS HAVANAS.
SHE CAME IN THIS
MORNING, ALONE.
WHAT'S THIS?
THE LICENSE PLATE.
ONE OF THOSE VANITY THINGS,
"POLLYCEE1."
YOU CAN GET THE ADDRESS
FROM THAT.
WELL, I FIGURE
THAT SHOULD INSPIRE
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S
GRATITUDE, DON'T YOU?
COME TO ME, CLEVELAND.
WHAT'S SHE DOING?
Mark:
SOMETHING NICE,
IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU THINK
THERE'S ANY CHANCE
THAT SHE KILLED
TANYA GARDNER?
Mark:
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO
EXITS TO THIS PLACE.
I'LL TAKE THE ONE
ON THE WEST SIDE.
ARE YOU CORNWALLIS?
POLLY. CORNWALLIS
IS MY LAST NAME.
I THOUGHT IT WENT BETTER
WITH COSTUME...
CORNWALLIS COSTUME.
MAY I SEE THAT RING,
THERE?
OH, SURE.
ALL MY STUFF IS GUARANTEED
COSTUME-QUALITY JEWELRY.
VERY NICE.
THANK YOU.
WHAT ABOUT THAT
NECKLACE THERE?
OH, THAT WAS WORN
BY RITA HAYWORTH IN
RAIN.
OH.
OH, YES.
BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT?
YES.
DO YOU HAVE
A RESTROOM?
SURE.
IT'S RIGHT BACK THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THAT
PIECE THERE?
THAT'S, UM,
JUST DECORATION.
IT'S JUNK.
BUT I LIKE IT.
HOW MUCH?
I'M SORRY,
IT'S NOT FOR SALE.
EVERYTHING'S FOR SALE.
NAME A PRICE.
I REALLY AM SORRY.
IT'S MY BOYFRIEND'S.
HE'S JUST LETTING ME USE IT
FOR WINDOW DECORATIONS
BUT HE WAS VERY DEFINITE...
HE WANTS IT BACK.
OH.
DO YOU MIND IF I
JUST LOOK AT IT?
AH.
OH.
IT'S SWEET.
YES.
IT'S LOVELY.
TOO BAD.
I KNOW JUST WHAT
I WOULD HAVE DONE WITH IT.
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE.
MY BOYFRIEND SAID
THE DIAMOND WAS WORTH
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
AND THAT THIS
WOMAN HE KNEW
HAD KILLED SOMEBODY
TO GET IT.
IS THIS YOUR BOYFRIEND,
GRANT CONNOR?
YES.
DID HE TELL YOU
YOU WERE RECEIVING
STOLEN GOODS?
NO.
AND THAT THAT IS A FELONY?
UH, I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
HE JUST GAVE IT TO ME
TO HOLD FOR HIM FOR
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT'S ALL.
LOOK, IF IT
REALLY WAS STOLEN
WHY WOULD HE HAVE
ME PLACE IT HERE
RIGHT WHERE ANYBODY
COULD SEE IT?
EDGAR ALLAN POE,
THE PURLOINED LETTER.
WHAT?
THE ORIGIN OF "HIDE
IN PLAIN SIGHT."
DR. SLOAN?
PRETTY LADY
GIVE ME FIVE BUCKS
AND THIS ADDRESS.
SAID TO TELL YOU
THAT THE MAN YOU WANT
THIS IS WHERE HE'S AT.
Steve:
WE KNOW THAT, PSEUDONYMS ASIDE
HER REAL NAME
IS VANESSA SELLERS
THAT'S SHE SOMETHING
OF A LEGEND IN EUROPE.
RETIRED CAT BURGLAR.
AN ALLEG CAT BURGLAR.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN
CONVICTED OF ANYTHING.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT MAKE YOU,
HER ALLEGED, UH...
HOW SHOULD I
PUT THIS?
WHOLESALER?
A FENCE IS A FENCE IS A FENCE,
MR. JANOS.
VANESSA SELLERS AND I
HAVEN'T HAD
ANY BUSINESS DEALINGS
FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D
ALSO HEARD THAT SHE WAS RETIRED.
THAT IS, UNTIL SHE SHOWED UP
ON MY DOORSTEP
LAST NIGHT.
WHO'S GRANT CONNOR?
HE WAS HER PROTEGE
AND HER LOVER.
HOW TIDY.
THEY HAD A FALLING OUT
THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
ANOTHER WOMAN, I BELIEVE.
BUT THEY SEEMED TO BE
ON FINE TERMS LAST NIGHT
AND EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN
THEY FINALLY PARTED WAYS.
I HOPE I'M NOT TELLING YOU MORE
THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW.
OH, THERE'S NO SUCH THING.
WELL, THEN, PERHAPS
YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW THIS.
GRANT TOLD ME THAT VANESSA STOLE
A VERY IMPORTANT DIAMOND
TWO NIGHTS AGO
AND APPARENTLY KILLED A WOMAN
IN THE PROCESS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
WHICH PART?
I DON'T BELIEVE
SHE KILLED TANYA GARDNER.
THERE'S TWO PEOPLE
THAT SAID SHE DID.
TWO PEOPLE THAT
GRANT CONNOR TOLD.
IT DOESN'T FIT THE PROFILE
FROM SCOTLAND YARD
WE GOT ON
VANESSA SELLERS.
YEAH, WELL, IT DOESN'T FIT
GRANT CONNOR'S
PROFILE, EITHER.
TRUE.
BUT IF SHE KILLED SOMEBODY
WHY WOULD SHE HANG AROUND
WAITING TO BE ARRESTED?
RETURNING TO THE SCENE
OF THE CRIME
MAY BE A CLICHE,
BUT IT'S BASED ON FACT.
CRIMINALS HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO
WORK THEMSELVES
INTO THE
INVESTIGATION
OF THE VERY CRIME
THEY COMMITTED.
THERE IS ANOTHER REASON
SHE MIGHT HAVE
TRIED TO GET IN
ON THE INVESTIGATION.
THAT SEVENTH DIAMOND'S
GOING TO BE
AUCTIONED OFF
IN TWO MORE DAYS
AND WHO BETTER TO
LEAD HER RIGHT
TO IT THAN YOU?
YEAH, BUT THAT'D BE
FOOLISH OF HER.
SHE'S GOT TO KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO BE
GUARDING THAT DIAMOND
MORE CLOSELY THAN EVER.
FOOLISH OR
INCREDIBLY DARING
AND THAT DOES FIT
VANESSA SELLERS' PROFILE.
YEAH...
I THINK I JUST LOST
MY APPETITE.
Jesse:
HI.
I'M JESSE TRAVIS.
YES?
OH, I DONATED
A VIOLIN.
HI, JESSE.
HEY. DID
YOU, UH...
GET A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT IT YET?
WHICH?
THE VIOLIN.
IT'S A BERGONZI.
MR. VAN ARK HAS BEEN SO BUSY
EXAMINING
ALL OF THESE ITEMS.
IT'S A COPY, ISN'T IT?
OH, YES,
THE FACTORY-MADE VIOLIN.
YES, THE FORGED SIGNATURE
WAS QUITE GOOD, ACTUALLY.
ALMOST HAD ME FOOLED.
BUT THE INCORRECT
LACQUER COATING
GAVE IT AWAY.
SO, IT'S WORTH WHAT?
OH, DEPENDING ON THE SENTIMENTAL
VALUE, OF COURSE...
THERE'S NO SENTIMENTAL VALUE.
TWO-FIFTY, THREE HUNDRED?
FORTY-NINE.
DOLLARS?
YES.
YOU COULDN'T EVEN
ROUND IT UP TO AN EVEN 50?
I DON'T EVER ROUND UP ANYTHING.
THE VALUE IS THE VALUE. PERIOD.
FORTY-NINE DOLLARS?
I UNDERSTAND HOW
DISAPPOINTING
IT WOULD BE
TO FIND OUT SOMETHING
YOU'VE CHERISHED IS WORTHLESS.
BELIEVE ME,
I NEVER CHERISHED IT.
I KEPT IT IN A BOX IN MY COLLEGE
LOCKER IN MY CLOSET.
SO, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IT.
JESSE.
IT'S FINE. I SHOULD'VE KNOWN
IT WAS A PHONY
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
MY FATHER GAVE TO ME.
PHONY DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MEAN WORTHLESS.
THERE WAS A RATHER
WELL-KNOWN VIOLIN MAKER
IN THE EARLY PART
OF THE 19th CENTURY
WHO CRAFTED EXQUISITE
COPIES OF FAMOUS VIOLINS.
YES, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT
ILLUMINATING INFORMATION.
Vanessa:
SOME COUNT NAMED
ROSARIO CALTABIANO.
HE LOVED MAKING VIOLINS.
HE HANDCRAFTED THEM LOVINGLY
AND THEN,
BECAUSE HE WAS A NOBLEMAN
AND NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
A LABORER'S WORK
HE SIGNED OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES
TO THEM
AND SENT THEM OUT TO BE SOLD.
YES, WELL, THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE YOU LEFT A SECTION
OVER THERE UNDUSTED.
HEY, DID YOU
KNOW ABOUT THIS
CALTABIANO GUY?
YES, OF COURSE.
EVERYONE KNOWS
ABOUT THE ITALIAN COUNT.
DID YOU CHECK TO SEE
IF MINE WAS ONE OF HIS?
WELL...
NO.
HOW MUCH
WOULD A FAKE
CALTABIANO BE WORTH?
ABOUT $20,000, $25,000.
THEREABOUTS.
I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
GOOD IDEA.
HEY, HOW'D YOU KNOW SO MUCH
ABOUT VIO...?
WHERE'D THE...?
HELLO. OH, SORRY. SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN
TO SCARE YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
HOW DID YOU GET IN THIS CAR?
IT'S A TALENT I HAVE.
I JUST GOT A CALL FROM STEVE.
THEY FOUND A GUN
IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM...
THE MURDER WEAPON.
IN THE LOO?
YES.
EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IN THIS COUNTY
IS OUT LOOKING FOR YOU.
GRANT CONNOR SET ME UP.
VANESSA...
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING.
EVEN THE ALARM THAT WENT OFF.
I'VE NEVER TRIPPED
A BURGLAR ALARM IN MY LIFE.
I HAVE TO TURN YOU OVER
TO THE POLICE.
I WON'T LET YOU.
I'VE GOT A GUN.
NO, YOU DON'T.
SCOTLAND YARD SENT ME
A COPY OF YOUR FILES.
YOU NEVER CARRY A GUN.
IF YOU KNOW THAT
YOU KNOW I COULDN'T HAVE
KILLED TANYA GARDNER.
I ADMIT I'M KIND OF LEANING
THAT WAY MYSELF
BUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ISN'T.
AT LEAST LET ME EXPLAIN
MY SIDE OF THIS TO YOU.
PLEASE?
GRANT'S BEEN TELLING
ANYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN
THAT I DID IT.
HE'S BEEN
QUITE INSISTENT.
THAT'S BOTHERING ME
A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
SO WHEN I LEFT THE HOTEL,
I RANG UP THE FRONT DESK
AND ASKED THEM TO SEND UP
A PLUMBER TO CHECK MY LOO.
ASK THEM WHICH PLUMBER
THEY SENT UP.
HE'LL TELL YOU
THERE WAS NO GUN
IN THE LOO AFTER I LEFT.
WELL, HOW DO I KNOW YOU
DIDN'T GO THERE AFTERWARDS
AND STASH IT IN THE ONE PLACE
YOU KNEW WOULD BE ALIBI?
I HAVEN'T BEEN
BACK TO MY ROOM.
I'M SUPPOSED TO TAKE
YOUR WORD FOR THAT?
IT WOULD BE NICE,
BUT NOT ESSENTIAL.
I HAVE WITNESSES.
I WAS AT THE AUCTION HOUSE
ALL DAY.
"CASING THE JOINT,"
I THINK YOU CALL IT.
ASK YOUR FRIENDS
DR. BENTLEY
AND DR. TRAVIS
ABOUT THE CLEANING
LADY AND THE VIOLIN.
ASK THEM TO TELL YOU
THE STORY OF COUNT CALTABIANO.
SO YOU CONCOCTED
AN INTERESTING TALE
SO THEY WOULDN'T
FORGET YOU.
IT WAS ALL TRUE,
EVERY WORD OF IT
AND SO IS THE FACT
THAT I NEVER PUT A GUN
IN THE LOO IN MY HOTEL ROOM.
NOW, HOW COULD YOU
POSSIBLY KNOW IN ADVANCE
WHERE GRANT
WAS GOING TO HIDE THAT GUN?
I COMPLAINED
ABOUT THE HEATING SYSTEM.
HAD THEM CHECK THE AIR VENTS.
ASKED HOUSEKEEPING
TO PLEASE VACUUM
THE CURTAINS
UNDER THE BED,
BEHIND THE DRESSER.
THEY HAD A VERY BUSY MORNING.
ARE YOU GOING TO TURN ME IN?
ANY SIGN OF GRANT CONNOR?
NOT YET.
BY THE WAY, JESSE
I THINK IT WAS GREAT
YOU DONATING THE VIOLIN.
OH, THANKS, BUT, UH, IT'S
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SELL.
YOU'RE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
WE CAUGHT A BREAK WITH TRAFFIC
OUT OF BAKERSFIELD.
WON'T THEY DOCK
YOU FOR THAT?
YEAH. DON'T WANT
TO MAKE THE COMPANY
LOOK TOO GOOD, HUH?
NO.
YOU STILL, UH, CAN TAKE US
TONIGHT, CAN'T YOU?
SURE. I CAN'T GO
ANYWHERE TILL AFTER
THE AUCTION ANYWAY.
GREAT, THANKS.
SO, THAT'S A REAL MUMMY?
FOR THE EGYPTIAN
AUCTION NEXT WEEK.
WOW.
MM-HMM.
WE'LL PUT IT
IN THE BASEMENT
AND I'LL UNPACK
IT TOMORROW.
THERE YOU GO.
THANKS A LOT.
DR. SLOAN?
NOTHING YET.
Here, either.
LET ME KNOW
if you see anything suspicious.
I WILL.
Steve:
I HAVE TO SAY THIS AGAIN, DAD
THIS IS A
REALLY BAD IDEA.
THE ONLY WAY VANESSA CAN PROVE
SHE DIDN'T COMMIT THAT MURDER
IS TO CATCH
THE GUY WHO DID.
UNLESS SHE CATCHES
THE DIAMOND INSTEAD
AND PULLS A
DISAPPEARING ACT.
Workman:
IN THIS WAY, GUYS.
I WANT IT UP AGAINST
THAT WALL OVER THERE.
WATCH FOR THE LIGHT
OVERHEAD.
THAT'S IT.
FACE OUT.
THAT'S IT.
SPIN IT AROUND.
PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, GUYS.
Auctioneer:
GOOD EVENING
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
AND WELCOME TO OUR AUCTION
THIS EVENING.
AS YOU KNOW,
ALL PROCEEDS TONIGHT
WILL BENEFIT THE BUILDING FUND
FOR COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
OUR FIRST ITEM
IS A STUNNING COPY
OF A BERGONZI VIOLIN
CRAFTED BY THE FAMOUS FORGER
COUNT CALTABIANO.
I'M GOING TO START THE BIDDING
AT $500.
Auctioneer:
$550. THANK YOU.
SIX HUNDRED.
$650 TO THE GENTLEMAN
IN THE BOUTONNIERE.
DAD, I THINK HE'S HERE.
VANESSA?
VANESSA?!
Mark:
Vanessa?
SHE'S NOT RESPONDING.
CHECK ON THE ROOF.
I'LL GO CHECK
ON THE DIAMOND.
DAD, KEEP A
CLOSE WATCH OUT
HERE, WILL YOU?
ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS?
ANYTHING AT ALL?
NO, SIR.
EVERYTHING SEEMS
TO BE JUST FINE.
OH, GUARD, I NEED SOME
HELP IN THE BASEMENT.
Auctioneer:
AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
THE ITEM YOU HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR...
THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE
THE SEVENTH JEWEL
IN THE ROMANOV
"SEVEN DEADLY SINS" COLLECTION...
THE LUST DIAMOND.
ANY SIGN OF VANESSA?
NO, BUT SHE'S
GOT TO BE HERE.
SHE WOULDN'T LEAVE.
NOT WITHOUT THE
DIAMOND ANYWAY.
Auctioneer:
WE START THE BIDDING
AT $300,000.
THANK YOU.
DO I HEAR $325,000?
I GOT TO LOG IN
THESE ITEMS FOR MONDAY.
I NEED YOU TO WITNESS IT...
COMPANY POLICY.
AT $1,400,000, THEN.
GOING ONCE.
GOING TWICE.
SOLD TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO!
Jesse:
WELL, I GUESS THAT
WAS ALL MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING...
THE DIAMOND IS SAFE.
NO LAST-MINUTE
DISAPPEARANCE.
LOOKS THAT WAY.
I'LL FEEL BETTER
ABOUT THE WHOLE THING
WHEN WE FIND VANESSA.
EXCUSE ME. I WAS TOLD
YOU'RE THE GENTLEMAN
WHO DONATED THIS BEAUTIFUL
INSTRUMENT FOR THE AUCTION.
YES, YEAH.
I HAVE A
DAUGHTER.
SHE'S 13 AND
SHE'S JUST BEEN
ACCEPTED TO JUILLIARD.
THIS VIOLIN WILL BE
HER DREAM COME TRUE.
REALLY?
EVEN A COPY OF A BERGONZI.
IT'S THE BEST $15,000
I EVER SPENT.
THANK YOU FOR
GIVING IT UP.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
OH! OH, I'M SO SORRY.
DID I HURT YOU?
LET ME LOOK AT THAT...
LET ME... OH!
CONNOR!
Steve:
COVER ALL THE EXITS.
KARATE?
FRED ASTAIRE.
AH.
HE GOT THE DIAMOND ON HIM?
Steve:
YEP.
RIGHT HERE.
PIECE OF COAL?
WHERE'S THE DIAMOND?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS IN THERE.
WE PUT OUT
AN A.P.B. ON HER.
OH, SHE AND THE DIAMOND ARE
PROBABLY LONG GONE BY NOW.
WELL...
STEVE, I'M SORRY.
I WAS WRONG.
WELL, IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN THAT OFTEN.
YOU'RE GOING TO
BE ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, I'LL BE FINE
AND DON'T WORRY, DAD...
WE'LL CATCH HER.
YEAH.
VANESSA?
Vanessa:
I COULDN'T TAKE
THE DIAMOND
NOT AFTER YOU PUT
YOUR TRUST IN ME
BUT AT LEAST, FOR A FEW HOURS
I HAD ALL SEVEN JEWELS
IN MY POSSESSION
JUST LIKE NICHOLAS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BY THE WAY, TELL JESSE THERE
REALLY WAS A COUNT CALTABIANO
AND THIS VIOLIN WAS ONE OF HIS.
HE SHOULD KEEP IT
AS A MEMENTO OF HIS FATHER.
CIAO, MY FRIEND.