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Clips from Perry Mason (1957) - The Case of the Perjured Parrot (S02E02)

I didn't hear you.

"I didn't hear you."

Perry Mason (1957)

CASANOVA: Polly want a cracker. Awk!

"CASANOVA: Polly want a cracker. Awk!"

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If you don't get word by late afternoon,

"If you don't get word by late afternoon,"

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I mean she's a thief.

"I mean she's a thief."

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So now it's Helen, is it?

"So now it's Helen, is it?"

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( suspenseful theme playing )

"( suspenseful theme playing )"

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Send that airmail, will you, please?

"Send that airmail, will you, please?"

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Della, did you write this?

"Della, did you write this?"

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Mrs. Charles Sabin is here.

"Mrs. Charles Sabin is here."

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my husband's business affairs, haven't you, Mr. Mason?

"my husband's business affairs, haven't you, Mr. Mason?"

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Well, there wasn't time.

"Well, there wasn't time."

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Oh, thank you.

"Oh, thank you."

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She's been with me the whole time.

"She's been with me the whole time."

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Alone?

"Alone?"

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Charles Sabin was a client of mine.

"Charles Sabin was a client of mine."

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He teaches criminology at our college here,

"He teaches criminology at our college here,"

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It was nice of you to come, but you needn't stay.

"It was nice of you to come, but you needn't stay."

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He says that more than anything else.

"He says that more than anything else."

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I understand she hated Sabin.

"I understand she hated Sabin."

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( Casanova squawks )

"( Casanova squawks )"

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the day the season opened.

"the day the season opened."

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Didn't bother to clean his fish

"Didn't bother to clean his fish"

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just after he'd had his lunch,

"just after he'd had his lunch,"

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I'm Richard Waid, Mr. Sabin's secretary.

"I'm Richard Waid, Mr. Sabin's secretary."

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I don't blame her.

"I don't blame her."

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Sheriff, I want to thank you for your cooperation.

"Sheriff, I want to thank you for your cooperation."

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( squirrel chitters )

"( squirrel chitters )"

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What are you doing to the wildlife, Della?

"What are you doing to the wildlife, Della?"

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That wire up there. See it?

"That wire up there. See it?"

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I think I'll have a look.

"I think I'll have a look."

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I'll s-see if I can find it.

"I'll s-see if I can find it."

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Of course.

"Of course."

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It'll be a little awkward talking here.

"It'll be a little awkward talking here."

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Yes, this-- This is his picture.

"Yes, this-- This is his picture."

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it was that gun that killed my husband.

"it was that gun that killed my husband."

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He took it into the cabin?

"He took it into the cabin?"

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and I never heard from him again.

"and I never heard from him again."

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Yes.

"Yes."

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Do you know where she was during that time?

"Do you know where she was during that time?"

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No, I just agreed to look into the general situation

"No, I just agreed to look into the general situation"

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MASON: And Paul Drake, my private investigator,

"MASON: And Paul Drake, my private investigator,"

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Yes.

"Yes."

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Was Sabin pleased about that when he called Monday?

"Was Sabin pleased about that when he called Monday?"

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Oh, I don't know.

"Oh, I don't know."

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I don't think they feel

"I don't think they feel"

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Not at all.

"Not at all."

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The district attorney here

"The district attorney here"

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That doesn't mean he runs the inquest.

"That doesn't mean he runs the inquest."

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And of course, you, the jury,

"And of course, you, the jury,"

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We're just gonna move right along with this thing

"We're just gonna move right along with this thing"

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Of course, the coroner's idea

"Of course, the coroner's idea"

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Come up here.

"Come up here."

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Now, I thought that was kind of funny,

"Now, I thought that was kind of funny,"

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that you later regarded as significant?

"that you later regarded as significant?"

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Miss Monteith over there.

"Miss Monteith over there."

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As a rule, yes, only not so much this year.

"As a rule, yes, only not so much this year."

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Matter of fact, I was trying to buy that property myself.

"Matter of fact, I was trying to buy that property myself."

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With those signs up there?

"With those signs up there?"

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Ha! He'd just as soon shoot you

"Ha! He'd just as soon shoot you"

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Results of the lab report and all that.

"Results of the lab report and all that."

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time to adjourn for lunch.

"time to adjourn for lunch."

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Let's get to work.

"Let's get to work."

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It was nice of you to come, but you needn't stay.

"It was nice of you to come, but you needn't stay."

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I said that he made a perfectly plain statement,

"I said that he made a perfectly plain statement,"

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CASANOVA: Awk! I'll have a martini. Awk!

"CASANOVA: Awk! I'll have a martini. Awk!"

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but he did say something.

"but he did say something."

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Go ahead.

"Go ahead."

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Well, he looks like him, but I'm not sure.

"Well, he looks like him, but I'm not sure."

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and tried to take the bird away.

"and tried to take the bird away."

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in her testimony at this point.

"in her testimony at this point."

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Oh, I quite agree.

"Oh, I quite agree."

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It seems to me a perfectly proper way

"It seems to me a perfectly proper way"

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to get at the ultimate facts of the case.

"to get at the ultimate facts of the case."

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that Ellen Monteith killed Charles Sabin.

"that Ellen Monteith killed Charles Sabin."

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And third, she was present at the cabin

"And third, she was present at the cabin"

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We know he got up early the next morning,

"We know he got up early the next morning,"

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Now, he had a hasty breakfast

"Now, he had a hasty breakfast"

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How do you know when he got back?

"How do you know when he got back?"

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So i-it had to be before noon,

"So i-it had to be before noon,"

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or, uh, he'd--

"or, uh, he'd--"

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He must have laid the fire the night before.

"He must have laid the fire the night before."

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which aren't quite consistent with the, uh--

"which aren't quite consistent with the, uh--"

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Now, I believe the alarm clock, which was set at 5:30,

"Now, I believe the alarm clock, which was set at 5:30,"

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If you assume that Mr. Sabin was killed

"If you assume that Mr. Sabin was killed"

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that he was actually killed the night before.

"that he was actually killed the night before."

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before the season opened.

"before the season opened."

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Why, we know that from a dozen different sources.

"Why, we know that from a dozen different sources."

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I'm sure Mr. Sabin wouldn't have fished early.

"I'm sure Mr. Sabin wouldn't have fished early."

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Now, just a minute, Mr. Langley.

"Now, just a minute, Mr. Langley."

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The alarm had run down

"The alarm had run down"

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because he hadn't used it on Monday night.

"because he hadn't used it on Monday night."

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It was someone who had planned the murder,

"It was someone who had planned the murder,"

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What about the fish and the gun?

"What about the fish and the gun?"

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Well, he caught the fish for the purpose

"Well, he caught the fish for the purpose"

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How could Sabin have been killed

"How could Sabin have been killed"

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at 4:00 Monday afternoon

"at 4:00 Monday afternoon"

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You think the deceased didn't call Mr. Waid

"You think the deceased didn't call Mr. Waid"

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You're excused, Mr. Langley.

"You're excused, Mr. Langley."

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Let's just find out

"Let's just find out"

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so help you God?

"so help you God?"

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When were you there?

"When were you there?"

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When I saw him lying there dead,

"When I saw him lying there dead,"

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But you had planned to kill him that Monday at the cabin?

"But you had planned to kill him that Monday at the cabin?"

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And then I went to a little shack near the cabin,

"And then I went to a little shack near the cabin,"

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Yes.

"Yes."

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I bought him several months ago

"I bought him several months ago"

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When I heard him talk to Denver,

"When I heard him talk to Denver,"

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And there he was, lying on the floor.

"And there he was, lying on the floor."

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And then, near 10:00, when nobody was near,

"And then, near 10:00, when nobody was near,"

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Yes, sir.

"Yes, sir."

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Let's see... When would that be?

"Let's see... When would that be?"

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"on account of the reflections in the glass, you know.

""on account of the reflections in the glass, you know."

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George!

"George!"

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Miss Monteith,

"Miss Monteith,"

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I think she's really Mrs. Arthur Sabin.

"I think she's really Mrs. Arthur Sabin."

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That's right.

"That's right."

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Well, enough to understand how Ellen could make a mistake.

"Well, enough to understand how Ellen could make a mistake."

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you weren't even surprised when you saw him.

"you weren't even surprised when you saw him."

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And you take this Waid.

"And you take this Waid."

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Exactly. Well, it did.

"Exactly. Well, it did."

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