Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

You're lying, Ernie.
Alrighty.
You must be out of your mind.
Get it back.
and immaterial and irrelevant.
and you'll have to get yourself another sucker to back you.
There wasn't anything said about any money back.
BROOKS: They come together. They always did.
are you aware of any relationship
We were all invited to dine with Brooks
Shakespeare also said...
The backer gave you money.
Have you forgotten? The last act is missing.
He said he'd speak to Gifford
by Ernest Royce, the playwright,
( door closes )
without first having read the play?
I call James West to the stand, please.
Hello, Michael.
Where did you learn that? At the actors' school?
Michael, please. Just relax.
But there wasn't anything in the agreement
unusual for a star like Miss Dwight
Same way he got it 12 years ago.
Is the Royce play based on the Volponi murder?
when I start talking to them.
But they never even got a clue to the killer.
Not even from our producer?
I'm coming back here later tonight
It belongs on a stage,
Go on. Volponi was shot.
I, uh-- I've been trying to catch up
was a form of blackmail.
An exciting eve--
Wasn't this money offered to you
which has heretofore been marked
( dialing phone )
that...counsel having opened the door, we can all walk in.
You ain't listening to me, Ernie.
And all those years, I--
Your witness, Mr. Mason.
in connection with the case presently at bar.
I said I'm taking my money
Has Mr. Burger read the play?
Thank you, Mr. Burger.
Is this wrong?
I have no further questions of this witness, Your Honor.
"Gilbert says, 'Perhaps. We'll see.
It's in all the papers.
( chuckling ): "If I live to finish it.'
I-- It's out of my hands.
...you covered a great many things
I'll be too busy. ( sighs angrily )
but I'm almost sure he didn't kill Royce.
HELEN: John's right.
was deposited by him to his account at that time.
Yes, it's urgent.
and takes 12 years to do it.
Here.
with the New York police about Brooks' record,
Was he with you all the time you were transacting
No, I don't know.
Now, you've got the money.
on a play you hadn't even read?
Why are you looking at me like that?
Well, we'll know when the curtain falls
I'll reserve my comment
( mysterious theme playing )
Don't blame me when you're finished.
Your Honor... I do not dispute
The characters are confused.
came from the same gun that killed Volponi
The district attorney knows very well
Oh, I talked it over with my tax man.
Four. All flops.
"'The faces they wear for the public,
publish anything if you pay
( noirish jazz theme playing )