Assignment to Kill

Aah!

Are you all right?

May I help you?

Mr. Eversley, please.

Do you have an appointment?

Yes.

Who should I say is calling?

His 11:00 appointment.

There's a gentlemen here who--

Yes, of course.

I'll show you to Mr. Eversley's office.

Thank you.

This way, please.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

May I take your hat and coat?

Thank you.

Morning.

I'm Carlton Eversley.

How do you do?

This is the executive vice president of our company,

Mr. Peter Bohlen.

Please sit down, Mr. Cutting.

I think it's fairly obvious

That Mr. Bohlen disapproves

Of your presence here.

I don't disapprove. I resent it.

I resent your calling him,

And I'm against any connection

This man may have with our company.

I told you

I'd make it a condition of his employment

That he in no wayinfers he's even retained by us.

Trust him?

Not completely.

All right, then. Why--

Because our men-- your men

Haven't turned up one shred of evidence in a year.

Because there's nothing to turn up.

I don't believe it.

And I don't think you really believe it either, Peter.

Have you ever heard of Curt Valayan?

I've heard the name.

He lives in Switzerland.

He deals in oil, tankers, munitions.

You name it.

18 months ago, 2 of his ships were lost at sea.

4 insurance underwriters,

Of which we are one,

Paid out a total of $15 million.

We all paid because we couldn't find

A reason for not paying.

But none of us liked the situation.

The case was closed.

What's changed?

Just one thing.

We all felt that the key-- if there was a key--

Was a man by the name of Walter Green.

He worked for Valayan.

Last December, he was flying up to see him,

And his plane was lost in a storm

In the mountains. This morning,

Some skiers found the wreckage.

They'll start digging it out tomorrow morning.

Now, when they find Green,

They may find other things--

Papers, records, I don't know.

You could be there tomorrow morning.

There's a plane for Zurich at 9:00 tonight.

I'll read this and let you know.

Our investigators don't carry guns.

Do you carry a gun?

Uh-huh.

May I see it?

No.

Why not?

I wouldn't be carrying it.

You would.

Cutting.

If you do decide to take this job,

Look out for one man in that setup:

Matt Wilson.

Have any of your own investigators

Had any unusual experience on this?

One man did,

But it had nothing to do with the case.

I see.

How'd he die?

It was an automobile accident.

Police said it was his own fault.

Why should he have asked a question like that?

I never said he wasn't a good investigator.

I just don't like the way he works.

Heinrich.

How are they doing?

They found the pilot and the copilot,

But there is a passenger, too.

What are the chances of finding him?

If he is there, they find him.

Thank you.

Well, then keep looking.

Of course we'll keep looking,

But I don't believe we'll find him.

Why?

Because we've covered the area

In which the body should be.

Have you seen the wreck, Mr. Wilson?

No.

The way the plane crashed, a passenger,

If he was in the back of the plane,

Might have survived and walked away.

If he did, what village could he have reached on foot?

There's Riehen and there's Marville.

Marville is farther,

But a man running away from a plane crash

In a storm wouldn't know that.

But then what happened to him?

What happened if he's alive?

Maybe he's got amnesia.

I'd like to examine the wreckage if you don't mind.

Oh, of course. You'll see what I mean

About the possibility of a man surviving.

Good morning.

I wonder if you could help me.

I'll try. Sit down.

Thank you.

Were you on duty last December 5?

I'm on duty every day of the year

Except 3 weeks in August.

December 5.

Does it have to do with a man?

Yes.

A man who said he had an accident--

An automobile accident.

He might have said that.

What's your question?

What happened to him?

First, he pointed out on the map

Where the accident happened.

Then he gave me his name and address in Zurich.

And then he hired Johan-- he owns the taxi here--

To take him to Zurich.

Why do you remember him so well?

There was no automobile accident.

The name was false,

And there was no such address in Zurich.

It's easy to remember.

Do you mind if I go in here for a while?

Why?

There are 2 men coming in I'd rather not see.

Are they looking for you?

They don't know I'm here.

All right,

But close the door.

Maybe I don't want you to hear what they are going to say.

Fair enough.

Good morning.

I wonder if you might be able to help me.

I am interested in something that happened last December.

Well, I am on duty here every day of the year

Except 3 weeks in August.

Did you see or hear anything about an injured man

In the area around December 5?

A man who might have been

In an automobile accident?

Yes.

I remember a man who came in about that time

In an automobile accident.

He didn't seem to be hurt.

I got him a taxi, and he left.

Does the taxi driver live here in town?

Mm-hmm. Just down the street.

There's a sign.

It says "taxi."

Thank you very much.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Why are you interested in this man, too?

You sound as though somebody else

Has been interested in him.

That's right.

Who?

Me.

Oh.

There was a plane crash.

A passenger we assumed was killed might not have been.

Oh, the crash on the glacier.

Yes.

Of course. I should have thought of that before.

Well, that explains everything.

Almost everything.

Thank you.

Thank you.

They didn't ask about you,

So I didn't say anything.

Do you know anything else that I didn't ask you?

Yes.

What?

Johan dropped that fellow off

At the railway station in Zurich.