:44:00
That's his umbrella and his eye patch
and his solitaire card.
:44:05
- Thank you.
- Where's the lord?
:44:07
- At the bottom of the Seine.
- Oh, no!
:44:09
That's a lot of nonsense.
There is no Lord X.
:44:12
Of course there isn't,
because you killed him.
:44:14
I saw the whole thing.
He beat him up, stole his wallet...
:44:18
...threw his body in the river.
:44:21
Oh!
:44:22
Irma, I... Wait a minute.
Moustache, tell 'em.
:44:25
Yes, that's the lord's!
:44:28
- Oh, he was such a sweet man!
- The old, familiar pattern.
:44:32
Policeman turns dishonest, becomes
a mac and finally winds up as a murderer.
:44:36
- It's an open and shut case.
- Well, you'll just have to reopen it.
:44:40
- Moustache can prove...
- Shh.
:44:41
My client has nothing more to say.
:44:44
- Your client?
- I have a law degree from Grenoble.
:44:47
Used to be one of the leading criminal
attorneys before I was disbarred.
:44:51
- But that's another story.
- Put the handcuffs on him.
:44:53
Just a moment. The accused has
a right to confer with his lawyer.
:45:01
What are you trying to do?
Why not just tell 'em the truth?
:45:03
- The truth? That's dynamite.
- But I'm innocent.
:45:06
The jails are full of innocent people
because they told the truth.
:45:10
You couldn't have killed Lord X
because you were Lord X...
:45:13
...only you weren't Lord X,
you were a mac.
:45:15
Only you weren't a mac,
you worked in the market...
:45:18
...to pay for making love
to your own girl...
:45:21
...whom you could have made love to
for free, except you were too tired...
:45:24
...from making the money to give to Lord X
to give to Irma to give to you.
:45:28
That's the truth. If you tell that mishmash
to a jury, you're a cinch to get 15 years.
:45:35
- Wha... what am I gonna do?
- Nothing. Just put yourself in my hands.
:45:42
Gentlemen, my client admits his crime.
:45:45
- He does?
- I do?
:45:48
But let us consider the motive.
:45:51
Why would a mac kill
his girl's best customer?
:45:53
For 500 francs, when he can get
that twice a week every week?
:45:56
It would be like killing the goose
that laid the golden egg.