McBride: It's Murder, Madam

Thank you Mr. Sinclair.

Your witness, Mr. McBride.

Mr. Sinclair,

you stated that you were

driving past the warehouse,

on the night of April 17th.

Yes. - And do you remember the time?

It was around midnight. - Can you tell us what you saw?

Objection. The witness has already told the court.

Then it won't be difficult for Mr. Sinclair

to repeat his eyewitness testimony,

one more time, for the record.

Overruled.

You may ask.

I was driving home, past the warehouse.

It was late, and I was tired.

So I wasn't traveling fast.

That's when you saw something?

I saw a man dressed in a security guard's uniform,

walking along the loading dock of the warehouse.

And then what happened?

The man stopped to look at something.

So, I slowed down even more to see what he was doing.

Out from a dumpster came a man that startled me.

The man hit the guard on the head with a pipe,

and then ran away.

What did you do?

I took out my cell phone and called the police.

Is that man in the court today?

Yes, right there.

You're sure this is the man?

Absolutely.

It was late at night,

you stated you were tired,

you were, at least, a hundred feet away.

It must have been a very traumatic experience.

Objection.

Counsel is leading the witness

to change his story. - Your Honor,

with all due respect, this preliminary hearing is to decide

whether to charge my client with murder,

based on an eyewitness report made late at night,

from a distance. Now, forensics has already testified

there were no fingerprints on the murder weapons.

So the only thing tying my client to the murder scene is

Mr. Sinclair's positive identification of my client.

Overruled.

Now, Mr. Sinclair, you are positive

that this is the man?

It was him.

Would it help if I had him

stand up and pretend to run away?

If you insist, but it won't change my mind.

I know it was him.

Who is this?

Mr. Newberry, my associate.

This is Matthew Turner, my client.

The prosecution withdraws its charge against Mr. Turner.

Yes.

Are you Heather Bronson?

What do you want?

I was hoping I might find some work through you.

Work?

Natalie told me about you.

Natalie? - Yeah. She's my best friend back home in Omaha.

Well, what exactly did Natalie tell you?

That you helped her find work as a dinner escort to some business men.

And that it really helped her,

while she was trying to get her acting career started.

Well,

why don't you come in.

So, what's your name?

Marilyn Fletcher.

Marilyn, so have a seat, Marilyn.

Thank you.

So, um, how is...

Natalie? - Yeah.

I guess she's doing all right. She told me she met a

wonderful businessman through your service.

And that he offered her a job traveling to Japan.

That was six months ago and I haven't heard from her since.

So, I guess she's having a pretty good time.

I'm sorry, may I use your powder room.

I came straight over as soon as I checked into the hotel.

Absolutely.

It's just down the hall, the second door on the right.

Thank you.

Hello.

Harold, it's Heather.

I didn't think I was going to hear from you.

Well, you're in luck.

I can accommodate you after all.

A little something has just arrived,

hot off the assembly line from Nebraska.

O-sounds wonderful.

It's just the model you've been looking for.

Five hundred for dinner and a look-see.

What do you mean a look-see?

Well, you like what you see,

and then we'll talk about a real test drive.

Sounds good.

Um, I'll make a dinner reservation for 7:30 tonight.

At the hotel?

Of course.

We'll deal with this the usual way.

No, you pay me directly.

And remember, Harold, tonight is just a look-see.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Well, I'll drop by and collect later.

Wanna go to San Francisco this weekend? - What?

I thought we'd fly up Saturday morning

and have dinner in Sausalito, and spend the night.

You did.

Yeah.

That's nice.

But, no.

What do you mean no?

Mac, you're a good guy.

You were a great cop, and you're a terrific lawyer.

And I'll always do whatever I can to help you.

Are you saying what I think you're saying?

What I am saying

is that I will always be there for you,

as a friend.

Just don't expect anything more.

I've got someone, and you know what else.

I can count on him.

Roberta, who is he.

Roberta.

That's a very pretty dress, Marilyn.

Thank you.

So, Heather tells me that you're new in town.

Thank you. - Brand new.

I just arrived today, actually.

Today.

From...

Nebraska.

That's wonderful.

I don't know about that.

Just a lot of corn.

And corn-fed beauties.

Thank you.

It must be really difficult for you.

What?

Losing your wife.

Huh?

Heather told me you're a widower.

Um, I think about her all the time.

I'm sorry.

I don't mean to bring up memories to make you sad.

I guess I'm not very good at this.

I've never done it before.

No, you never have done this before, have you.

Marilyn, what did I tell you?

Isn't that view spectacular?

It's beautiful.

We don't have anything like this in Nebraska.

Come over here.

Did you call the cab?

I'll wait downstairs in the lobby.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

What is it?

You want more money.

I'll give you all the money you want.

Look, I, I don't want anything.

I just wanna leave.

What do you think this evening was about?

Let me go, you creep.

I need to report an attempted rape. - Calm down.

I need you to tell me exactly what happened.

Harold Paxton, I just met him for dinner tonight at the Grand Hotel.

And then he took me to his hotel suite and he tried to attack me.

Harold Paxton, he's your boyfriend, your husband?

No, no, Heather Bronson set it up.

Heather Bronson used to run Hollywood's most famous call girl service.

She sent me out to be a call girl?

We'll check into Mr. Paxton at the Grand Hotel

and we'll send someone over and have a look at you.

I could kill her for this.

Miss, we're not finished here.

If you could just...

Miss Bronson?

Miss Bronson. Heather?

Hello?

Heather?

Heather?

Your neighbor reported a scream.

Who are you?

Dispatch, this is Charlie, one, four, over.

Here you go.

Thank you, Roberta.

Please tell Mr. Collins that I'm obliged to give

the same information to the defendant's attorney.

Grimes.

Not a problem.

Thank you.

What's up?

Hey. Thanks for coming right in.

Look, an arrest was made last night.

A young woman, she can use some help, your kind of help.