:38:01
No, he dropped out of sight
quite a while ago.
:38:03
We did a lot of lookin',
but since it was impossible to believe...
:38:06
that he was any smarter than us,
we decided he'd been bumped off.
:38:10
Now, if you'd have asked me that
two days ago, I'd have guaranteed that.
:38:13
What happened since two days ago
to change it?
:38:15
Yesterday an ex-soldier, named George Taylor...
:38:18
showed up at a bank
with a letter from Cravat.
:38:21
That's why I asked you
whether your pal was dead.
:38:24
He acted like-
:38:26
He acted like he didn't
want any part of the place.
:38:29
Hasn't been back to his hotel room since.
It's interesting, you know?
:38:33
You said if you knew where Cravat was
you might reach for him.
:38:36
- Is it all right to tell us why?
- Oh, sure. It's no secret.
:38:40
When Cravat faded out,
two million dollars faded with him.
:38:44
It was all over town at the time.
Didn't you know about it?
:38:46
I never knew anybody that could count that high.
:38:48
That pal of yours,
the one that got killed...
:38:50
he didn't have
a couple million dollars stashed away?
:38:52
Sure. Lots of us did.
We save it out of our 60 a month.
:38:56
I'm not impressed. I make that much
in tips on Monday night.
:39:00
- But may I ask one tiny question?
- Mm-hmm.
:39:02
Who was Larry Cravat?
:39:04
Well, to begin with,
he was a private eye.
:39:07
- He came out-
- Pardon me. It sounded like you said "eye."
:39:09
A private eye
is a private detective.
:39:11
- Oh.
- Yeah. He came out here maybe five years ago from the East.
:39:16
He got a license, painted his name
on the window and put his feet on the desk.
:39:20
Then for about two years, he investigated
husbands that played golf when it rained...
:39:24
and wives that didn't come back from
the public library till midnight.
:39:27
But he paid his rent
on time.
:39:29
And then somebody dropped
two million clams right in his lap.
:39:32
Coffee?
:39:34
- Please.
- Tom?
:39:36
I never touch it.
It keeps me awake.
:39:38
You better have some.
You're going to be pretty sleepy this afternoon.
:39:42
That was some drop- two million bucks.
How's a thing like that happen?
:39:45
Well, it's a long story.
Don't ask for details, but here's most of it.
:39:49
It started over in Germany when one of the Nazi
hotshots saw the handwriting on the wall.
:39:54
He sent the two million
over here.
:39:56
And then before he could
come over after it...
:39:58
he got knocked off by one of
the fellow members of the lodge.