Come in, Frank
I didn't know my father had to knock too
He doesn't have to. But your father is polite
Yes, but he's your husband
Husbands can have good manners too
You mind if I take an aspirin?
I caught a cold riding the motorbike
Our friend Deborah's coming to dinner tonight
- Shall I bring you breakfast? - No, I'm coming now
- Has Frank gone? - Yes. Don't you know how late it is?
- Do you recognize this hallway? - It's from the house next door
Strange... How would I know?
I've never been in there
No house has a hallway that long
In your subconscious it's the hallway in the flat next door
You've often dreamed about it. It's always the same
And... as always, filled with naked people
Then, suddenly, you fall into nothingness and find someone...
...always the same person...
...waiting for you... - Julia Durer
Exactly. Julia Durer, your neighbor
You dream of having an affair with this woman who lives next door
To you that woman represents sin, moral degradation
The house next door is a symbol of vice
From what you've told me, Mrs Durer is not exactly respectable
No. She certainly is not
You see? Your conscience forces you to disapprove of her lifestyle
But at the same time her freedom attracts you
That conflict's the root of your recurring dream
The chilly sexual relations between you and your husband...
...distort things so that, subconsciously...
...you're attracted by Julia Durer's lifestyle
What's up with your neighbors? Sounds like a football match
But the music's pretty good, eh, Deborah?
Carol... Carol?
- Cognac? - No thanks, daddy
A shame...
If you got drunk every night instead of wasting money on Dr. Kerr
I'm sure it would cure your insomnia
I don't like how Carol's been acting lately
She needs a break
A holiday would be good for her. Don't you think?
She'd have to go alone
Joan has exams...
...and who will look after the firm with you on the electoral trail?
Think about it
Home, Larry
I can't concentrate in London
...the Party, hassles with the Nicholson case, it's all too much
Know what I'm doing tomorrow?
Going to my house in Greenfield to finish that Common Market speech
So I'll have to defend Tommy? He won't like it!
Frank, don't say that
- Hi -Hi
You're a partner now. And you know why?
- Because I'm your son-in-law? - Come on...
Frank, Tommy isn't your problem. You'll be fine, I know it
- But it's Monday and tonight... - What?
You've an appointment with Warren in Harberville
No problem. I'll go to Harberville and return tomorrow
It's a long way
An hour and a half drive
The hearing's at ten, if I leave by eight I'll be fine
The only problem is having to sleep over
You best be off then
Yes?
Mrs Smith?...Who's she?
Really?... A personal matter?
Aright, I'll talk to her
Yes... Yes...
Look, who are you?
Explain yourself, I don't understand
What? Someone in my family?
But who...?
I just want to know...
Hello...? Hello?
Why not have dinner with Carol tonight?
Yes... that's a good idea
Aright, I'll be off then
Tell me, Frank...
...are you cheating on my daughter?
I trust you're joking?
Yes... yes, I was joking
You killed Julia Durer...
By killing this woman, you killed the part of you attracted by vice
This internal conflict was resolved by an act of violence...
...a liberating dream
Symbolized by the rotting bodies of those you live with
The presence in the dream of the stepdaughter you feel unloved by
is another clear sign of liberation
But those...
...that man with the red hair...
...the girl. Those hippies on the balcony
Witnesses invented by your Ego
You wanted them to witness the crime
Preventing you from picking up the fur coat and paper knife
Which meant you were forced to leave evidence behind
It's the positive removal of a mental block
Dr. Kerr, do you think I should thank Julia Durer?
When did she die?
Tuesday, going by the state of the body
Or Monday night
- I bet that's Jackson report - Probably
Always so vague. Lots can happen in 24 hours
- The body hasn't been on ice - Right, it's Saturday
- Bad day to discover crimes - It was the cleaning lady
She went twice a week but didn't have keys to the place
She couldn't get in Wednesday. Durer often left without a word
Today she noticed the smell
And ruined our weekend
Morning, Inspector
You're Inspector Corvin? I'm Lowell, head of crime scene unit
Since when?
Last week. I was Head of Filing
That's reassuring
Heroin
Inject that much, you'd break the sound barrier
- Hilarious - Thanks
Typical filing room joke
Inspector? The body's in here
Tell it to wait
- Any more drugs? - A bit of everything
- Hash, LSD, cocaine... - What do the neighbors say?
The cleaning lady says they treated her like a leper
Asked how she got the money to live here
Me too. Question them all
But discreetly. One of them is the daughter of a top politician
So you can't tell me anything?
- Was Durer a friend of yours? - No, we didn't even know her
Sorry, but I don't think we've much to tell you
- Nothing to shed light on this crime - Crime?
I'm confused, miss, I don't believe I mentioned any crime
- Why would you say that? - It's pretty obvious
The place is full of police with a ton of scientific equipment
All these questions...
Do you go to all this trouble if someone slips on a banana peel...?
...and bumps their head?
Sometimes we handle those cases too
A person may have placed that banana peel on purpose
Anyway, yes there has been a crime
It was committed last Monday... or Tuesday
Most probably sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning
Did any of you notice anything strange?
Things like screams, noises...
...loud bangs? - Monday night?
Only thunder. Do you remember? We had that big storm
Did you hear anything, Mrs. Hammond?
No, nothing. Just thunder
Fine. But do call us if you remember anything at all...
No matter how small
Carol... Carol?
Monday night...
The night of the storm
The night Frank went to Harberville
Yes...
That night
Yes, it poured all night. I remember
It was so bad I even had to stop driving for a while
Julia Durer? That's unbelievable. I can imagine...
Yes, Joan, I'm coming now
Our neighbor, Julia Durer...
- That noisy bitch? - Someone killed her
- That doesn't surprise me - Joan says Carol's upset
Really?
You must go to her, Frank
Of course
She turned the place upside down...
...trying to find her fur - Mrs Gordon on floor 3...
...says Julia Durer was strangled, half-naked with a fur next to her
You didn't bring the paper, Frank? You always bring it
The paper, Carol? Oh yes, I'm sorry I've got it
I must have left it somewhere, I'll look for it later
- What are you hiding from me? - Carol! Stop dwelling on all this
I want to
But it's not easy... With everything that's going on
- Yes? - It's Mrs Gordon
Mrs Hammond is dining, Mrs Gordon
Don't bother her. Ask her to call me back
I need to talk to her, about something very, very important
Mrs Gordon?
My dear... Have you read the papers yet?
Not yet. Why?
I got it wrong, what I told you before
That good-for-nothing Durer was not strangled
No, my dear, not at all
They stabbed her three times. Each blow fatal
It's all in the papers
- When do you need the car, ma'am? - Shut up, idiot!... Sorry, sweetie
Two of them in the chest...
...and one just below
And with a paper knife! Can you imagine the horror...?
Carol...
What are you doing?
What's wrong?
The paper knife! Frank, it's not possible
Not possible that my paper knife has gone too
I have to find it...
She was killed with a paper knife. Like I killed her in my dream
Stabbed in the chest
Just like I stabbed her with my paper knife
That's ridiculous, Carol
Oh, Frank. Help me Frank. Help me... I'm begging you...
- Why do you want to see the body? - No specific reason
- She was our neighbor and... - Fine
If you want to see her... Come along
Does that fur coat mean anything to you?
- Your wife's here Mr Hammond - Carol!
- What were you thinking? - I told her to wait outside
- Carol! - Brandon! Quickly!...
Carol says the body was in the same position as in her dream
It's possible. But all the rest?
Maybe you can ask to see the rest of the evidence
To check it is Carol's fur coat and paper knife
Ah, it's crazy. No other word for it
We owe Carol some kind of explanation
There's only one explanation...
...someone's trying to drive her mad
Someone who knows what happens in her dreams
- Make sense to you? - None of this makes sense
It's all absurd
If she wasn't my daughter I wouldn't believe a word of it
If someone came to me with such a story, I'd throw him out
Seems an easy case to me
We just need to look at the social circle Durer lived in
Ex-actress, junkie, she must have plenty of similar friends
We turn up the heat and one of them will crack
That's true, Chief. Those types love to talk
No pressure needed
But none of it's ever any use
- You think? - That's not how to do it
You have a better idea?
So far... the only hard evidence we have are the fingerprints
Prints on the coat, paper knife, and scarf
- Find the woman who owns it - That's just a guess
Who says it's a woman?
The fur coat is not the victim's
You think the killer's a woman
But the cleaning lady might be wrong
She didn't recognize the fur coat
But remember, she didn't recognize the boots either
- The ones Julia Durer was wearing - They were new
You could tell from the soles. She'd just bought them
Chief McCloud... Yes, Inspector Corvin is here...
Wonderful! He confessed
Come, my dear Inspector. The Durer case is solved
I almost forgot - the killer is a man
Bye, Mino...
There he is. Name Harry Smith
Hippie, Homeless. 23 years old. It's him, alright
Irish, red hair, knew Miss Durer
- Has a conviction for a sex crime - The prints match?
We've not checked, but he spilled the goods
After you, sir
Aright son, so you confessed. Good for you.
- So, tell us - I did it...
...to avenge my brother George
- When my brother... - The facts!
The Inspector wants to know how you killed her
She was there, in front of me, with her fur coat
She had it on now, eh?
Yes, she was wearing it. Very classy...
She had on the fur coat... and boots too. The black boots
I told her... take off the coat
And... she took it off
And then she was naked
- Was she wearing a white scarf? - No no, I told you, nothing
Just...
...black panties and the boots
- She was beautiful, all naked... - Yes, we got that. Go on...
So... so I said...
You remember my brother George?
And then I stabbed her with the dagger!
You mean with the paper knife...
With a paper knife? No...
No, with the dagger, my brother George's dagger
I pushed it into her belly, right up to the hilt!
Then I twisted it... Twisted it! Twisted it...!
You don't believe me, right?
You don't... I can tell from your faces
Right then... Look, here's her guts
Along with the Prime Minister I killed this morning
Make sure he eats them
Long live Ireland, land of heroes! Down with the Queen!
Back to work, chaps
- You... - I...
Get back to Animal Welfare
What will you say to them?
- That you saw them in a dream? - Joan, please!...l'm going insane
Carol, you have to make up your mind
- But all these people... - All right...
- Well? - Nothing...
Where do you get such ideas?
Don't let your imagination run away with you
Maybe there's an explanation
They knew Durer. They went to her house a few times
You probably saw them, when they were going in or out
So one night you dreamed about them
They said they were friends of hers?
No, I was just guessing
Joan!
Eddy Berry, you bastard, how are you?
We photographed the victim's body, the murder weapon...
...collected fingerprints. But I'd like you to focus on...
...the footprints on the floor
No matter how much one tries to wipe them dry...
...the sole of a shoe or a foot will always leave prints
We call them damp prints, and we always manage to get them
- And it was raining that night - Exactly
So whoever entered the house that night, had to leave damp prints
Look at this enlargement we made
There are many, many prints around the living room
Same thing in the hallway. And they're all damp prints
Good work
We're very thorough
So one of these prints is the killer's
No!... I mean...
- Why not? - Well, as I showed you...
Prints can be found here and in the rest of the house
Except in the area around the victim's bed
There are no prints there at all. See? Not one
I don't get it. That's where...
...the crime was and the body found...
...and there are no prints
So, none of the people who left damp prints...
...could have killed her
Not one of them. Unless they took their shoes off
Maybe. But I think there's a much simpler theory
- For sure. The killer... - Yes?
The killer's shoes were dry so they'd not been outside...
...but maybe came from... ...an apartment in the same building
Which narrows the field a lot
- So let's check - Certainly inspector
As always, we'll check from top to bottom
Our suspicions point to this guy who's a repeat offender
Have you seen this man around here?
Please Miss, have a good look
You too, Mrs. Hammond
Can I have a look?
Of course, sir
No, never seen him
These are the enlargements, Inspector
Thumb prints of everyone who touched the photo
So?... Carry on
And here's a blow-up of one of those prints
And one of the prints from the paper knife
You see? A perfect match
So? - Well, Inspector...
...the print matching the one on the paper knife...
...was taken from the photo marked B
And it belongs to... Let me check...
...to Mrs Carol Hammond
Mrs Hammond...
...it's my duty to inform you that from now on...
...anything you say may be used against you
You ask a lot of questions
You want to ask if I killed her
I'm your father, Carol. I'm asking as your father...
...not as a lawyer. I'll get you bail...
...even if you're accused of a terrible crime
But please understand, I need to know the truth
- The truth...? - I'm begging you
Dad, I can only say one thing
Just one...
I didn't kill her
Carol...
That's all I need to know
When a judge sets bail so high...
...it's clear he has few doubts - Lucky him
I, on the other hand, am full of doubts and questions
But her prints are all over the murder weapon
The paper knife and fur coat are her's
Sure, evidence... We have lots of that
- But no shred of motive - True, but the facts remain
Did you know Hammond was in therapy?
Really? Maybe they'll claim insanity and she'll get off
I don't know. But a lot can change once we find a logical motive
I need to find it, or I'll be the crazy one
You killed Julia Durer. Furthermore, this dream had a clear purpose
By killing this woman, you killed the part of you attracted to sin and vice
This violent act resolved the internal conflict
OK. Let's stop there...
As you hear, Carol had no motive for hating Mrs Durer
Or to kill her
If she had any motives, they were in her subconscious
So we need to convince the jury it wasn't Carol...
...but her subconscious - Not so strange
Dissociation between conscious and subconscious...
...can push a person to commit a crime unconsciously
There are precedents. Like the Barthelmy case
Experts' opinion was crucial there
The court accepted that Barthelmy killed his sister...
...in a state of total unconsciousness
- A case of split personality... - Arthur Barthelmy was acquitted
All of which goes to show that this is clearly a liberating dream
A dream
Of course at that point I thought I needed to explain a dream
Neither Carol nor I could know that it was in fact a tragic reality
Carol is still convinced it was only a dream
Yes, that's understandable
The scenes from that night were memorized as being from a dream
Reality was mixed with images from her subconscious...
...which in her dream appear as symbols
- Like that painting of a swan - Exactly
Or her lovemaking with Julia Durer
These are symptomatic of a love-hate relationship
And maybe those two hippies have the same meaning...
But those... that red-haired man. The two hippies on the balcony
Witnesses invented by your Ego
Why do you say "maybe" those hippies are symbolic?
In theory, nothing prevents them from being among the real elements
In other words, they witnessed my daughter's crime Dr Kerr
Saw it and did nothing
Why didn't they try to blackmail her?
Can only mean they were working with someone
Give me a light please
When did Carol talk about it?
- When I saw her in the hospital - What an idea...
...keeping her in a mental hospital until her trial
In her state, she needs peace and quiet to fully recuperate
I highly recommend peace and quiet
Or she'll worry herself to death
She's already brooding about that other case
How did she know about the Barthelmy case?
She was working in her father's law firm at the time
What's her father's opinion?
That if she'd been a man, she'd have been a great lawyer
But about this defence strategy?
It repulses him. His daughter will become a psychiatric experiment
And you, Frank, what do you think?
An unfortunate incident for which I'm sorry
I assure you that whoever left that door open will be punished
But I ask you, Mrs Hammond, to please be less curious
Someone was following me
One of our male nurses who scared you...
Accidentally, of course
- No... it wasn't a nurse... - He told me so...
No... I saw him before. I know him, I'm certain...
Hallucination
Carol, there were no red-haired hippies in the park today
You're wrong...
I saw him
Hallucination means seeing things that aren't there
But I wasn't thinking about anything at all
I was lying down... everything was peaceful...
Fine. Let's say that you did see him
You saw a man with red hair
That doesn't mean anything. A lot of people have red hair
It just reminded you of the dream
That is the simplest and most reasonable explanation
Take it easy, Mrs Hammond
It was him, Frank. Really. You have to believe me
I want the truth, Frank. How long has this been going on?
I met Deborah when I first came to London
I was a mess
My first marriage had failed
She helped me out a lot, not just emotionally.
She was the one who begged you to hire me
I asked you how long has Deborah been your lover?
Two years
I know you have a good memory, Frank
You remember you were with me the day before the murder...
...when I received a strange call which made me ask you a question
Yes. I remember you asked if I was cheating on Carol
And then you asked me if I was joking
I wasn't joking, Frank
- But neither were you - What does that mean?
Let's try a theory. See if it works
Suppose that particular call came from Julia Durer
That she knew about your affair and was blackmailing you
You knew that if she talked we'd be finished, like that
No-one's blackmailing me
No? But let's pretend, just for a second
You have to admit it would be a strong motive. Don't you think?
For what? To kill Durer? That's absurd!
You think so? To kill Julia Durer...
...and place the blame on Carol - Ridiculous!
Her prints were on the coat and knife
The fur coat and paper knife belong to my daughter
Of course her prints are all over them
But where's the proof that my daughter left them...
...at the murder scene?
And the dream? You're forgetting about the dream
So Carol dreamed about the crime exactly as someone committed it?
A telepathic dream!
Or is Carol, in your opinion, a psychic?
The dream...
I asked Dr. Kerr to lend me the tapes he recorded with Carol
Not to listen to mumbo jumbo about dual personalities...
...but to find something useful
And I did find it
Listen to this
After the hallway all I can remember is a big door opening. And then...
...I don't remember anything
It was all so clear yesterday
I've told you many times. You must write it down
Mrs Hammond, dreams only live a short time in one's memory
It was all so clear yesterday
I've told you many times. You must write it down
Did you know Carol wrote notes about her dreams?
- No - Yes you did...
...just as Joan and Deborah knew
She wrote them down and kept them in a drawer in her room
Any one of you had a chance to read them
Who knows how many times you read them
You could have read about that exact same dream
A dream, Frank, just a dream...
...that someone could have copied and turned into a crime
A real crime
It makes perfect sense that someone could go...
...from the apartment next door to this one...
And on the way, grab a few things...
Or three things...
...a paper knife, a fur coat...
...and a white scarf - Exactly
We can now explain why she had those brand new boots on
She was wearing them in the dream and the murderer put them on her
So this person stabbed her three times in the chest
...and planted the paper knife, fur coat and scarf...
And also put those black boots on her feet
- And all this was in her notes? - You should ask whoever read them
Or tell us yourself, if you've read them
Don't get in a state. She never kept her notes for long
After a few days, she threw them away
- Did you read any of them? - All of them
Your wife had some messed-up dreams
Not now, Joan
She wrote that she had sex with Durer
Stop it, now!
Daddy...
if you loved me I wouldn't go with women
Not that again...
OK
- Did you read the papers yet? - No, why?
- There's news on the Durer case - Like what?
It seems the police are about to make a new arrest
A strong suspect
So they don't think it's Carol?
- Who then? Did they say? - No
Fortunately the papers haven't mentioned my name yet
YOU?
You know, it could be dangerous
If something doesn't happen soon
To Greenfield
- Aren't I going home? - Greenfield is your home
Listen to me. You didn't kill Durer, and you have no idea who did
If you want to know who did, go to Alexandra Palace, the cellar
You'll find a lit candle
And bring fifty pounds, that's the price
Alexandra Palace, today at 4. Make sure you go, OK?
Drop the knife, or the next shot's between the eyes!
I'm old, but I've good eyes. I've called the police
Hi! Look who's back
ls this how you say hello?
Get out of the way
Did you move here so you could practice?
Get out of here. What do you want?
To see the redhead, to ask him a few things
He's my friend too, you know. I thought he'd be here
It looks like he's busier than expected
What are you doing? Can you explain it?
Painting...
Larry, wait for me here
Now we know the redhead's real. He's not a ghost
He's real and has a good reason to kill Mrs Hammond
I should have had her followed...
Scour the city, Brandon
Check out all men with red hair...
- Even the Prince of Wales - All redheads?
Good thing we're not in Ireland!
- What do you call this painting? - Putrefaction
Will you able to sell it?
Do you want to buy it?
If you promise to do something for me
I mind my own business
Like the 3 monkeys - see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil
- Tell me where the redhead is - You said you were his friend
If you tell me where to find him I'll give you twenty for the painting
What is it that's so important?
I can't tell you over the phone
- But what is it? What the redhead said...
...when I was with Carol
I didn't think it was important, but now I see it clears you
Stay out of this, Joan
He must tell the police
I'm sure I can persuade him
- They always need drug money - Where are you meeting?
Woburn Abbey. Soon you won't be a suspect
One of our family will be, but not you
- You'll be free - Be careful, Joan
Don't worry, Dad. I'll call you after I see him
I'll have clear proof
Julia Durer's killer won't get away with it
I'm going to Woburn Abbey now
- Be careful - I met the redhead before and...
Ma'am, do you know how this story came out?
From a phone call made to my father
Exactly
- May I? - Help yourself
A phone call from someone called Mrs Smith...
...who we're now sure was Julia Durer
Sorry...
Do you think your husband knew about the phone call?
It's possible
- So you're not sure? - No, inspector
Did your father mention it to you?
Yes, he did
Hello, inspector. Good to see you at Greenfield
Why didn't you call me?
Your daughter doesn't need a lawyer to talk to me
- Did you know her? - It wasn't me
Come on, talk!
Who gave you the keys to Alexandra Palace?
How did you get in?
Someone gave you the keys. The security guard?
- Was it the security guard? - I don't know him. I don't...
But maybe he knows you and he gave you the keys, right?
He gave them to you
You were planning a wild party in there...
He gave them to you for ten pounds...
- And a night with your woman - That's right, he told us!
- Just because he hates me - Oh yeah?
Yeah, yeah, that's right...
Say it again!
- He hates me - So you do know him?
He hates everyone because he's a hunchback
How do you know he's a hunchback if you don't know him?
He's a hunchback. Everyone knows that. He's a hunchback
Come on, tell us the truth
If you want the whole story...
...you have to give me what I need
- He got what he wanted - He got his fix and he confessed
He admits it all
He killed Joan...
...and tried to kill your daughter
And Durer too...
No
Not Durer. He didn't kill her
Only two people know who committed that crime
You and...
...the killer
Durer was killed by someone she was blackmailing
Someone Durer had pushed to the limit
Since she was not blackmailing your son-in-law...
...it was someone else who killed her
- Sorry if I misled you - Don't feel bad, sir
- Goodbye - Goodbye
Why did you convince him that you know who killed Durer?
Because I do, Brandon
I'm certain, except for one damn contradiction
Just one
Miss Bennett... Find Dr. Kerr...
I want him and everyone else at Durer's house
- Talk! - Alright, alright...
Hurry UP
If you really want me to...
Jenny and I were at the old theater and those two women followed us
But only the girl talked to us
Look at that woman and tell me if you recognize her
We see a lot of people. Do you remember her?
At Julia Durer's house
We've not been there for two weeks
Two weeks... It was at night
Was it at night you were there?
- Night...Yeah - Was it raining?
Sure, there was rain and thunder too
- Was that the night we saw her? - Yes, that night, exactly
That night I wouldn't have noticed her
You don't notice with all that acid inside you
Yeah, we were tripping on acid... from our head... down to our toes...
On LSD, it's like being in another world
I could look at the inspector...
...and maybe I see a red dot, or a galloping horse
- You remember nothing? - Of course I do
Many incredible things
I remember... I saw...
...a lizard in a woman's skin!
- Disgusting - No... beautiful... amazing!
Did you climb up there?
Did you sit up there, in the balcony?
Maybe. Yes, I think so
When I have handcuffs on my tongue gets dry
When we talked to that girl, we'd no idea Julia Durer was dead
We don't read the papers...
What happened then?
Later, when we found out, we were scared shitless
On drugs, you'll do just about anything
Jump off a building believing you can fly
I might have killed her and not even realized it
Then?
When we left here, we were still out of it
We didn't see Julia... or anybody else
Only those two women knew we'd been here
One was the accused
Then we heard they were about to arrest someone else...
I thought...
I thought about...
Shutting them both up, permanently
And you did. You killed one of them
It was easy to kill Joan. She came looking for you...
Joan went looking for him to prove you'd not been here
Yes, she told me so over the phone
If they were in the house during the crime as in your wife's dream...
...Durer was not killed by someone who read her notes
It was someone else. There was no set-up, as your father-in-law thought
Those brand new boots were a gift from these two
We wanted to bring Julia something, and she chose them
Dr. Kerr, is it possible to lie during a therapy session?
- Lie in what way, Inspector? - Lie by omission
Suppose, for example...
...there was someone else here that night...
...And Carol is trying to cover for them. ls that it?
Hello?... It's for you, inspector. It's Brandon
I'm at Brighton's house. The old man has killed himself
He left a note. Says it was him who killed Durer
The Coroner's working on it now
Inspector, at this point I'd say the case is pretty much closed
I had much respect for your father
Now I have is much pity
- I wish I knew why he did it - But you do know, Mrs Hammond
And I do too
Remember when I came to Greenfield?
I was so close to the truth
Your father came in while we were talking
He heard all of my questions and all of your answers
Do you think your husband knew about the phone call?
It's possible
- You're not sure? - No, inspector
- Did your father mention it to you? - Yes he did
It wasn't your father, or he would've told you your husband was there
And you didn't know that
Your father didn't tell you about that call
Nor your husband, or Deborah, or Joan
No, it wasn't any of them
So who was it then, Mrs Hammond?
- I don't remember - There's only one person who knew
The only one who could have told you
Mrs. Smith...
Julia Durer!
- I never talked to that woman - Except in your dreams
In real life you didn't know Durer and we've no evidence you did
But we do have something...
Psychoanalysis
Dr Kerr's tapes
When I heard of your father's suicide I had a question...
Dr Kerr, is it possible that a patient comes to you for help...
...but conceals the truth? - It is possible
But in such a case the problem will usually still emerge...
...from the patient's subconscious
In other words, you were Julia Durer's lover...
In real life, Mrs Hammond, not in your dreams
You thought you were safe...
...because no one knew about your relationship
You visited her that night, knowing she'd be alone
And you killed her
You saw the hippies only after you'd done it
When you saw them, you lost your cool and ran
Leaving your things behind, covered with prints
You didn't know they were too full of drugs to see anything
Effectively, blind witnesses
All your errors arise from that
They didn't know you, but one day they might have recognized you...
...and given evidence
When you saw them, you followed them
You had to silence them...
...or lose your defence of temporary insanity
That was your hope
You invented the dream for Dr Kerr to provide your psychoanalytic alibi
The perfect alibi to justify the murder you'd committed
You were at the mercy of Durer, a woman without scruples
A greedy woman
The phone call to your father, was about you, Mrs Hammond
It could only be about you
You're about to run for election, isn't that so, Mr Brighton?
You must avoid scandals
I've a story I could sell, to you or a newspaper
A dirty little story about someone in your family. Someone close to you...
I'll give you the money
Your father refused to admit that you could be a killer
He couldn't conceive of it and tried to find another answer
But fate decreed he would discover the truth
He killed himself, but also incriminated himself
You murdered Durer and in doing so killed your own father
Sadly, you can only be punished for the lesser of your two crimes