Sawbones

Composer?

I am not, uh, Irving Berlin.

More classical than that. No, I am not Berlioz.

Another one.

I am not Brahms.

Are you a famous New York conductor?

No, I am not Leonard Bernstein.

Are you a famous murderer?

Good try. I am not Lizzie Borden.

I hope you stump him, darling,

because I am running out of B's.

All right. Are you a well-known, 18th-century English jurist?

A typical lawyer's question, Burt.

No, I am not Sir William Blackstone. Cynthia?

I pass.

You know, every time we play Botticelli with you,

I feel like a dropout.

Do I see the flutter of white flags?

Go ahead. Tell us who it is.

No, no, no. Please. Let's keep guessing.

We'll be here all night.

Come on, Ray.

It's very simple. Josef Breuer.

Who?

Breuer. He and Freud coauthored Studies on Hysteria.

That's unfair, Dr. Flemming You're a psychiatrist.

You should have picked someone everyone knew.

Well, like who, honey?

Last time we played the game

you were stumped by Alexander Graham Bell.

Has my husband finished

dazzling you with his intelligence?

Because I have a little surprise for everyone.

Everyone ready?

Henri at the Denise found out

about our anniversary, he insisted.

I insist we get at this while it's cold.

Oh, how marvelous.

I think a toast is in order...

to our host and hostess

on the 1Oth anniversary of their horrible mistake.

Oh!

You'd better rephrase that, counselor.

Pleasure, Your Honor...

to the two finest people I ever knew.

Here's to 10 more years of happiness.

Excuse me.

Bubbly, anybody?

Hello.

Now?

Can't it wait?

We're having a party here.

All right, I'll be there as soon as I can.

Believe me, anything Henri chooses is superb.

He's got the best wine cellar in town.

Excuse me. Excuse me, dear.

What is it, darling?

It's a patient, I'm afraid I have to leave.

This is our anniversary.

But it's an emergency. He's having an anxiety attack.

You're not a family doctor.

You don't have to go chasing off

every time somebody runs out of tranquilizers.

Darling, we've been through this before.

I won't allow you to leave. We have guests.

And they shouldn't see us arguing, should they?

Now, make my excuses.

I'll try to get back before they leave.

Do you love me?

How much?

This much.

Well, actually, I should be strangling you.

Why?

You know I was giving a party.

I had to see you.

When I'm alone, I don't know, I...

I get confused.

Second thoughts?

A few.

It's a natural reaction under the circumstances.

I keep wishing there was some other way.

There isn't.

But if you talked to her, if I talked to her.

Joan, don't be naive.

We have one alternative.

We decided that a long time ago.

It's funny.

I can't even picture what she looks like.

Are we really so different?

Completely.

All right, I'm younger than she is, I'm prettier.

But, uh, she's probably more intelligent than I am.

Mm-hmm.

It's a kind of destructive intelligence.

Why me? What have I got to offer?

A typical actress,

too many bit parts and too much ambition.

I like ambition.

For all the good it's done me.

It brought you to me, didn't it?

With my nails gnawed off and every neurosis in the book.

I was in great shape, wasn't I?

It's not a bad shape at all.

Ray. Yeah.

Ray, you do love me, don't you?

Very much.

I won't disappoint you tomorrow.

I never thought you would.

I didn't think you'd be up.

Don't bother to undress.

You're sleeping in the guest room.

I've turned down the bed.

Carol.

I think you should know I'm calling my lawyers

in the morning.

It's been a long day.

Do we have to start on that again?

You'll have to indulge me just this one last time, dearie.

It's lucky for you I'm too well-bred to throw a tantrum.

All right. Fire away.

Six months ago I gave you a choice...

between me and your...

How shall I put it?

Extracurricular activity.

I made that choice.

I wanted a husband in fact, not just in appearance.

If you refused,

I'd divorce you.

There was a catch to that, as I recall.

Well, naturally, you don't think

I'm going to make it easy for you?

I'd create as much scandal as I possibly could

and ruin your practice entirely.

Aside from taking every penny that I've got.

Those were my terms.

You accepted them until tonight.

Carol, none of this is necessary.

I told you, I was with a patient.

Till 1:00 in the morning?

What are you doing, giving discount rates?

On my way home I dropped by to see Dr. Cobb.

He was the referral psychoanalyst,

and we discussed the case.

Do you really expect me to believe that?

Well, call him.

What's that going to prove? He's a friend of yours.

Well, his wife is a friend of yours.

Talk to her.

Hang up. Hang up.

I haven't seen Cobb for two weeks.

Then you've been lying to me.

Oh, but not the way you think.

Well, I guess the game's up.

I stopped by the hospital to see Dr. Rosales.

We talked about the trip

you and I were going to take to Acapulco.

Acapulco?

Yeah. We leave tomorrow night.

Well, I thought we could use a couple of days in the sun,

just you and me.

Happy anniversary, darling.

Oh, Ray, darling.

That's why I stopped in to see Rosales.

He's from Mexico, and I thought maybe

he could fill me in on what to do

when we got there.

Why didn't you tell me?

Well, I was saving it for breakfast.

I wanted it to be a surprise.

And I almost ruined it.

Oh, darling.

Say, you're going to have a big day tomorrow.

Why don't you get some sleep?

I think I'll read for a while.

Ray?

You can go in now, Miss Hudson.

Thank you.

Oh, darling, you're tense.

A little.

Did you get any sleep last night?

No. Well, maybe an hour or two.

Take one of these when you get home.

What are they?

Sleeping pills.

I want you to get some rest this afternoon.

Can't. I'm working.

This is an odd time to be pursuing your career, isn't it?

How many chances do I get?

It's a good part.

Let's concentrate on the part you're playing tonight.

You think it'll fit?

Might be a little big.

Noticeably?

No. I don't think so.

Shall I take it home with me?

No, I don't want you wearing it until it's necessary.

Now, this photograph is the best one I have of her.

In the others, she's standing off in the distance

or wearing sunglasses.

Notice the makeup.