Psycho

Never did eat your lunch, did ya?

I'd better get back to the office.

These extended lunch hours give my boss excess acid.

Why don't you call your boss and tell him to take the afternoon off.

It's Friday, anyway. Huh?

Yeah? What do I do with my free afternoon?

Walk you to the airport and...

Laze around here a while longer.

Checking out time is 3:00 p. M.

Hotels of this sort aren't interested in when you come in...

...but when your time's up...

I hate having to be with you in a place like this.

I have to go.

I can come down next week.

No.

Not even just to see you, have lunch? In public.

Oh, we can see each other. We can have dinner.

But respectably.

In my house, with my mother's picture on the mantel...

...my sister helping me to broil a steak for three.

I'd kinda like to meet your sister.

She, um...

She look anything like you?

- Sam. - No?

All right.

Marion, whenever possible I want to see you...

...and under any conditions...

...even, uh, respectability.

You make respectability sound so disrespectful.

No, I'm all for it.

Look, a couple years, I'll have my father's debts paid off at the store.

And I told you, alimony stops as soon as she gets married again.

Ohh. I haven't even been married once yet.

Yeah, but when you do, you'll swing.

So, let's get married.

You really wanna live in a hardware store in Fairvale, eat beans out of a can with me?

- Oh? - Yeah, that'd be a lot of laughs.

Tell you what... When I send my ex-wife her money...

...you can lick the stamps.

I'll lick the stamps.

Marion, you wanna cut this off...

...go out and find yourself someone who's, uh, available?

I'm thinkin' of it.

Don't you go break my heart, now.

Don't miss your plane.

Hey, wait. We can leave together, can't we?

I'm late, and you have to put your shoes on.

Is Mr. Lowery back from lunch yet?

He's lunching with the man who's buying the Harris St. Property.

- You know, the oil lease man? - Right, right, right.

So, that's why he's late.

You getting a headache?

Lt'll pass.

Headaches are like resolutions: You forget about 'em as soon as they stop hurting.

You got aspirins?

I have something. Not aspirins, but...

My mother's doctor gave these to me on the day of my wedding.

Teddy was furious when he found out I'd taken tranquilizers.

Any calls?

Oh, Teddy called me, and my mother called to see if Teddy called.

And, oh, your sister called to say she'd be going to Tucson to do some buying...

...and she'd be gone the whole weekend, and...

Whoo!

Hot as fresh milk.

You girls oughta get your boss to turn on the air-conditioning.

He can afford it today.

Marion, will you get those copies of the deed ready for Mr. Cassidy?

- Of course. - Tomorrow's the day.

What a sweet little girl.

- Not you, darlin'. My daughter. - Oh.

She's my baby, but tomorrow she stands up there and gets married away from me.

Here, I'd like you to have a look at my baby.

Eighteen years old...

...and never known an unhappy day in any one of those years.

Come on, Tom. The air conditioner's on in my office.

You know what I do with unhappiness?

I buy it off.

- You unhappy? - Oh, not inordinately, no.

Oh.

I'm buyin' this house as a wedding present for my baby.

Now, that's not buyin' happiness.

That's buyin' off unhappiness, see?

Yes, sir.

Four hundred thousand dollars, cash.

Not to worry, now.

I never carry more than I can afford to lose. Count 'em up.

- I declare! - I don't.

That's how I'm able to keep it.

Tom, uh, cash transactions of this size, uh... Most irregular.

Yeah, well, so what? It's my private money. Now it's yours.

Suppose we just put this in the safe...

...and then Monday morning when you're feeling good...

Speaking of feeling good, what happened to that bottle you said you had in your desk?

Mmm.

You know, sometimes I can keep my mouth shut.

Lowery, I'm dyin' of thirst-a-roonie here.

I don't even want it in the office over the weekend.

Put it the safe deposit box at the bank.

- We'll get him to give us a check on Monday instead. - Okay.

Oh! Ahh.

He was flirting with you.

Guess he must have noticed my wedding ring.

Uh-huh.

Lowery.

Come in.

- The copies. - Thank you.

If you don't mind, I'd like to go right on home after the bank.

- I-I'm feeling a slight headache. - You go ahead on home.

Me and your boss are gonna go out and get ourselves a little drinkin' done.

Of course. Do you feel ill?

Oh, it's just... just a little headache.

You need a weekend in Las Vegas. Playground of the world.

I'm gonna spend the weekend in bed. Thank you.

Only playground to beat Las Vegas.

Mmm.

Marion, what... what are you doin' up here?

Where in the world did you get all that money?

Yeah. It's more than I need to get out of debt.

So I said, "Sandy...

...you see anything there you haven't at least had a fifth of before?"

Sandy looks all up and down...

Sandy looks all up and down the bar, and he says, "No. "

5-27, you comin' in 10-1?

5-31, try again in your new location.

21-13, are you available for check five duty?

Hold it right there.

- In quite a hurry. - Yes.

I- I didn't intend to sleep so long.

I almost had an accident last night from, from, uh, sleepiness...

...so I decided to pull over.

- You slept here all night? - Yes.

As I said, I couldn't keep my eyes open, so...

There are plenty of motels in this area. You should've...

I mean, just to be safe.

- I just pulled over. Have I broken any laws? - No, ma'am.

- Then I'm free to go? - Is anything wrong?

There's nothing wrong...

...except that I'm in a hurry and you're taking up my time.

Now, just a moment.

Turn your motor off, please.

May I see your license and registration?

- Why? - Please.

Have a nice day.

Hey, Larry! How soon do you want this?

Pick up line one.

It's about time.

O.B.'s working on that.

Be with you in a second!

5-28, was that Victor-Charlie-Bravo?

5-28, 10-4. Victor-Charlie-Bravo.

I'm in no mood for trouble.

What?

There's an old saying that the first customer of the day...

...is always the most trouble.

But I'm in no mood for it, so I'm gonna treat you so fair and square...

...you're not gonna have one human reason...

Can I trade in my car and take another?

You can do anything you have a mind to. Bein' a woman, you will.

- Is that yours? - Yes. Yes.

- There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just... - Sick of the sight of it.

Well, have a look around, see if there's anything that strikes your eye.

Meanwhile, I'll have my mechanic give yours the once-over.

I was just about to make some coffee. You want some...

No, I'm in a hurry. I just wanna make the change and start...

A person ought not to be in a hurry, but it's too nice a day to argue.

So, I'll just shoot your car in the garage.

O.B.!

Yeah, boss?

- What's up? - Can you take this one, give it the once-over?

Sure. No problem. I'll give it the standard.

Say, that's the one I'd have picked for you myself.

- How much? - Go ahead. Spin it around.

Oh, no, no, no. No, it looks fine.

How much will it be with my car?

- You don't want the usual day-and-a-half to think it over? - No.

- You are in a hurry. Somebody chasin' ya? - Well, of course not.

Please.

Well, that's the first time I ever saw the customer high-pressure the salesman.

But I figure, uh, roughly...

...your car plus...

...four thousand?

Four thousand. Four thousand.

Ah, you got time to argue price, though, huh?

All right. Four thousand dollars.

I take it, uh, you can prove that that car is yours.

- I mean, out of state license and all. - I have all the necessary papers.

- Is... Is there a ladies' room? - L-In the building.

Thank you.

Hey!

Forgot your bag.

Put 'em in the back, please.

Heck, Officer, that was the first time I ever saw the customer...

...high-pressure the salesman.

Is somebody chasin' her?

I'd better have a look at those papers, Charlie.

- She look like a bad one to you? - Acted like one.

Funny thing is, she paid me in cash.

Yes, Mr. Lowery?

Caroline, Marion still isn't in?

No, Mr. Lowery, but then she's always a bit late on Monday mornings.