Yes ?
Is this where people come to report a death?
Who died?
Miss Amelia Townsend.
- On the hill? - Yes.
When ?
This morning, at 9:10 a.m.
It's been over 3 hours.
Yes, but I had to time to dress him,
and comb her hair.
She's outside, in the car.
She was a very wicked woman.
She wanted to destroy my garden.
She only thought about money.
Mr. Walsh,
as an agent of the Treasury,
have you analyzed the ashes of the fireplace at Miss Townsend's?
Yes.
SO ?
It was the ashes of American dollars.
Big denominations.
How much money was burned?
I don't know. A big amount.
Could it be $1 million?
Yes, maybe even more.
In my opinion, even a madman would not burn a million dollars.
Objection!
Mr. Manning's opinion is not relevant.
Mr. Manning was a confidant of the deceased and knew the situation well.
He described a woman old and eccentric,
who kept large sums cash at home.
The defense wants to prove that the money was destroyed,
that the opinion of this witness counts.
I am a member of the Psychiatric Society and author of two manuals in use:
"Psychiatry and crime"
and “Modern use of hypnosis in analysis”.
Currently, I am assistant director of the state psychiatric hospital.
THANKS.
Dr. Beighley, do you know of a company philanthropic organization named Townsend Foundation?
Of course.
Mr. Manning knows that in recent years I tried to obtain funding.
I always try.
Did you hear Mr. Manning declare that he thought that
even a madman would not burn 1 million dollars?
Yes.
Do you agree?
No.
The amount of the sum is certainly unusual, but not the act of destruction.
Martin Ashley is someone lonely and withdrawn.
He is desperately looking understanding and friendship,
as is often the case with this type of schizophrenic.
He convinced himself that Amelia Townsend was not her friend but an enemy,
who was going to use his fortune to destroy his garden
and send him back to the hospital where he left 3 years ago.
The decision was simple for a disturbed mind.
Destroy his torturer and his weapon:
money.
We find the accused not guilty due to dementia.
Martin Ashley, under of article 1500,
this court has an obligation to send you at the state psychiatric hospital
for an observation period of indefinite duration
90 days minimum. So be it.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. You can dispose.
Dr. Beighley, I hope you are proud of yourself.
What are you implying?
Why did you go through so much trouble? to help this impostor get away with it?
- Mr. Carlin. - Yes, doctor?
Mr. Manning, please repeat your accusation before a witness.
Don't threaten me. I was contacted by experts.
So repeat it in court, and I will no longer have to ask for subsidies.
I will do it in due time, with solid evidence.
I've had enough of psychologists who think they are God,
and who attribute all neuroses and psychoses to parents.
Mr. Manning, patient analysis, That’s all a psychiatrist does.
You should try. That could be interesting.
Attack, McDuff!
And damned be the first To ask for mercy!
- We don't know each other, Mr. Nelson. - You were in 2nd place all week.
300 spectators like you, and we wouldn't have stopped this evening.
I'm glad you stopped.
I have a proposition to make to you.
Listen, sir, you went to the wrong backstage.
What I have to tell you is strictly professional.
If a well-paid role interests you, then don't take the train back to New York.
A taxi is waiting.
That's why I have to bet on a fake patient: you, Mr. Nelson.
You will be able to approach Ashley and learn what doctors don't know.
I undoubtedly seem stubborn, but it will be profitable.
You will have $10,000 out of my pocket for 30 days of work.
Something intrigues me. Me.
Why did you choose me?
For several reasons. You are a convincing actor,
you have no ties.
And as you have never been in California, you will not be unmasked.
It almost seems illegal.
It is.
Technically speaking, this is for you
to enter fraudulently in a state psychiatric hospital
to play the role of an insane person.
According to the California penal code, This is a minor infraction.
Prison?
Six months maximum. And we both run the same risk.
Think about it, Mr. Nelson.
The biggest role of your career,
paid $10,000 whether you succeed or not.
And 10,000 more if you can find the money.
PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM LOS ANGELES
Here.
"Psychiatry and crime"
“The basics of schizophrenia.”
“What is madness?”
“Modern use of hypnosis in analysis”.
Are you going to read all of this?
No. I'll just look at the images.
Here is a floribunda rose,
a variety that flowers in clusters.
And this is what we call a hybrid polyanthus.
What about the money, Mr. Manning?
It will be ready as soon as you are.
How do we plant them?
Never too deep, and no more than 5 cm of compost above the roots.
How will I get it?
In a chest in your name, but of which I keep the key.
All right.
Here we have climbing roses.
This is the white Bobkin.
And there, the Coral Dawn.
And that, the Gladiator.
I think you are on point, as much as we can be.
Fine. Let's do it the spectacle in the street.
What's wrong with you?
Why conform like this?
Come on, drunk.
Why not address these peasants,
look them in the face and say to them: “To hell with conformity.”
Dale Nelson, 73 Hillside, Hollywood.
Okay and you, what is your name?
- Drunk ? - No trace, tests are negative.
You have my name. I want yours.
$435 in his wallet.
Where do you get that from, Nelson?
A transaction with the gas company, to make pencils.
Robbered?
Every man who walks through these doors is he necessarily a thief?
No bullshit. Where does this money come from?
I understood the question well. I will answer it.
Given its size, my body contains 130 m3 nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen
and 12 kg of carbon.
Gas costs 90 cents per 30 m3.
That saved me just over $4.05.
But I did much better with carbon.
With 12 kg of carbon, we manufacture 12,000 pens.
It brings in a little over $200.
Have you really tested it?
Absolutely.
Circles of conformity, eh? Your narrow-mindedness saddens me.
Tell the sheriff we have a client for the county asylum.
Buckle up while you wait.
The patient remained there for 72 hours.
I think his antisocial attitude is an indication of a disturbed mind.
I recommend his hospitalization for the usual observation period.
I am my colleague.
“I recommend his hospitalization.” “I am my colleague.”
It's your turn to comply.
30 days in the state hospital.
I advocate, I am...
and I comply.
It's a story of jealousy.
I had 3 doctors in Ohio and 2 here in California.
I had to see just one,
but 5 wanted me.
Do you understand, darling?
Poor idiot!
Don't touch me, I hate that.
And they say I'm vulgar. A vulgar madwoman?
My last doctor was the good one.
When I went to his office, he started talking to me about...
sex among primitive people.
On the examination table.
My whole life is like that.
Not here, Alice, later.
The show will not start not before 2 hours.
You see, if you let these people watch for free here,
after that they won't buy tickets.
It's true.
Absolutely.
Thanks, Kylie.
Go ahead, sir.
Sorry if I scared you.
I wasn't afraid. I'm never afraid.
It's just that I don't like being touched.
Mr. Nu�ez.
Come in, Mr. Ashley.
Come on, Nelson, it's your turn.
Dale Nelson, list of personal effects.
You include the 54 ounces of phosphorus of my body?
Social insurance card, driving license.
I'm talking about commercial value.
A wallet containing $435. You can only have $5 on you.
With 54 ounces of phosphorus, we can make 60,000 matches.
Large size.
60,000 matches! Do you think it's true?
What I think is that you're on the wrong side of the desk.
Doctors, speak normally. The patient cannot see or hear.
As you begin your internship here,
I want you to see the steps of our procedure.
This is a simple psychological test.
What does this photo mean to you? Mr. Nelson?
It's child's play.
Two worried conformists, a woman and a man.
It's dark, that's where the conformist is the most worried.
???
Let's be honest with each other, doctor. Let's tell the truth.
This is what worries you with your wife?
I am single.
This patient knows how to recognize a conformist.
Very good.
Close your eyes, Mr. Nelson.
The last time I did that, I was hoping for a bike.
But I only got one yo-yo.
Pleasant.
Let's continue.
Ready?
NOW, List the months of the year.
January, February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November, December.
You resented your parents for not having had a bike?
No, to my uncle.
He made yoyos.
You can open your eyes.
Doctor, can you give me a job here?
To keep me busy.
Absolutely. Work is therapy.
I am a good amateur botanist.
Perfect.
We grow our own vegetables.
It's agriculture, not horticulture.
- Do you have a garden with rose bushes? - Yes.
Here is the greenest hand that you have observed.
There is a patient here who could dispute that, Mr. Nelson.
In vain.
I even made cattleyas bloom at temperatures close to zero.
Cattleyas?
A perennial orchid, doctor.
It must be you, the other green thumb.
No. This is Dr. Beighley.
- Doctor. - Enchanted.
We did the Rorschach and the MT-AT.
What if I continued with the patient?
GOOD. I'm going to inspect the pavilion.
Pardon. Sit down over there.
Choice of therapy by the patient: gardening.
- Are you left-handed? - Of course not.
You greeted me with the left hand.
Really ?
You don't remember?
No.
Horticulture is your hobby?
- Yes. - Are roses your specialty?
I like working on it.
This year is particularly good for floribundas and hybrids.
I see.
Could you list the months of the year, Mr. Nelson?
I already did it.
Once again, if you like.
January, February, March, April, May, July, August, September, November, December.
- How many months are there in the year? - Twelve.
- You forgot June and October. - Really ?
Are you sure?
Before, according to this report, you had forgotten May and October.
You try to convince me that my place is here?
Mr. Nelson...
It is the patient who convinces the doctor, and not the other way around.
Destruction of property, public order disturbances
and other conduct leading to disorder.
Have you ever been subject to this kind trouble, before Beverly Hills?
Well, doctor...
I prefer to call them “expression of personal opinions”.
Mr. Nelson, the court gave us 30 days to establish our recommendations.
To diagnose your mental state, in other words.
Here's another personal opinion: I am as healthy as the dollar ever was.
This diagnosis does not surprise me.
I practice psychiatry long enough
to always be prepared for the unexpected.
Return to your pavilion.
What about gardening?
Report to reception tomorrow morning. Your badge will be waiting for you there.
THANKS.
You've had calls. Nothing important.
Contact the Sheriff's Office � Los Angeles.
I would like a detailed report on a patient sent by the court.
Dale Nelson, Pavilion C.
Have them check his fingerprints with Washington.
Glean all the information you can.
- Do you hear? - What ?
Dots and dashes.
Moscow.
Do you know how to read it?
No.
NOW !
Not...this...evening.
Troubles...occurred.
Let's...delay....bombing.
You.... will contact... soon.
Well received.
Done.
We'll be quiet tonight.
I will keep you informed.
Good night.
Don't worry, Nelson.
The poor guy is harmless.
I believe that we stopped the sedatives too early.
Triflupromazine would work for him.
Are you sleeping all night?
With Al Simon.
We take turns sleeping when it's calm.
You should sleep.
- I would like that. - No problem.
Go to the living room ask Al for a stamp, number 4.
THANKS.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
It was my girlfriend. What is there?
I can't sleep. Could you give me a stamp?
- From n� 4. - Of course.
How do you know number 4?
Your colleague told me.
Capshaw.
- And you are...? -Dale Nelson.
There is water near the television.
By the way, Nelson.
Capshaw was a nurse here for years, one of the best.
But he's become a patient now.
You should go to bed right away. No. 4 acts quickly.
Here is your work badge.
pin it to your shirt, and access To the free area by the front door.
to you.
I was told to come here, and that I could go make pottery.
You must be Frank Josephson.
They said that I could make pottery.
Right away.
They said that I could make pottery.
That's what I was told.
Of course. She prepares the badge.
Hi.
Good morning.
A pleasant job?
I like to be busy.
- Who are you? - Dale Nelson, pavilion C. The rose garden.
This is to be archived. But take your time.
Our patients must understand that there is no need to rush.
- Hello, elder. - Hello, youngster.
- Are we taking good care of you? - There is nothing to complain about.
Are you going dancing on Saturday?
- Why not ? - Good therapy.
- Will you go, miss? - No.
Bad attitude.
There is a reason for everything what is programmed here.
You see, we think we have problems.
At dance, you meet people with bigger problems.
Then we realize that we have more likely than most.
Mr. Capshaw, can you take that patient at the pottery store?
I'm going there.
Therapy, miss.
Follow us, and we will send you home quickly.
Come on, old guy. Next stop, pottery.
- Your work badge. - THANKS.
I pin it to my shirt, and they will let me through the front door
to get to the free zone.
Hey, youngster!
Wait for me.
And that girl at the office?
What does she have?
Sorry, but our diagnoses are confidential.
- I was allowed to work pottery. - All right.
It's good.
Don't touch that.
Why not ? They put me here.
My name is Dale Nelson. And you ?
Very good, Sir, if it's like that...
Go carefully.
Don't teach me my job. Amateurs have nothing to show me.
Hello, gentlemen.
- Hello, doctor. - Thanks for the work.
I am responsible for this garden.
SO...
Don't call me an amateur.
Very good.
I won't call you an amateur if you don't call this mess a garden.
I am sure that this use hypnosis will interest you all.
The subconscious approach through hypnosis can take months
even years of relationship between patient and doctor.
I wanted... It was a Saturday.
She said she had to go to town see her cousin.
Tell me... Who is "she"?
My mother.
What happened that Saturday, Cynthia?
- What happened, Cynthia? - She made me write things.
Hundreds of times.
- Again and again! - What things?
- Tell me, Cynthia. - No.
- Yes, tell me. - No, no.
It was false! I wrote it, but...
- It was false. - What then, Cynthia?
No.
- Yes, tell me. - No, no.
What was wrong?
These physical reactions are due to the rebellion of the subconscious,
struggling with unpleasant memories or dirty secrets.
It's okay, Cynthia. Forget it now.
No more questions.
Sleep, Cynthia.
I'm going to put my hand on your forehead.
When you wake up, you will have forgotten our conversation.
Do you understand, Cynthia?
Yes, I understand.
Wake up.
Does anyone want to try a quick diagnosis?
Manic-depressive.
Absolutely.
In his depressive phase.
No more electroshocks, please!
You are welcome ! No more electroshocks!
Stop them!
No more electroshocks!
Stop them!
- Is it Capshaw? - Every Thursday.
This way, please.
This is my personal menagerie.
It's too small, but I don't have anything better.
The state gives us nothing for research.
And obtain private funds is almost impossible.
My two monkey friends cost me 4 months salary.
Fortunately, white rats and white mice are cheaper.
Hello, Sam.
Rats are easy to find for dangerous experiments.
But how many humans would we find for accept experiments on their minds?
When biological research tries to cure a disease of the body,
we are trying to reproduce it on a patient who will voluntarily undergo an experiment.
An insane person cannot be voluntary.
And if you just try to obtain consent,
say goodbye to your career and your permits.
Close the door, please.
Sit down. The others, stay standing.
I will now show you
some results of my research on the chemistry of the mind.
Find the solution, doctors,
and medicines will control the disease mentally as easily as diabetes.
Turn off the light, please.
This is not an advertisement for trips.
It's just the first place where I was allowed to work.
150 kg of homicidal impulses.
It was about affecting and controlling the chemistry of his mind
causing a catatonic state.
I found that it was easier through the jugular vein.
Is it triflupromazine?
No, I went well beyond that.
Beyond LSD,
or whatever we use today.
You see him, he reacts in less than a minute.
You have never seen such a complete catatonic state.
How long does it last?
The first time, approximately 36 hours.
After the 3rd injection, it becomes permanent.
Alas an animal cannot describe
thoughts and hallucinations of his mind.
Light, please.
What effect would your drug have? on a human being?
We'll never know, doctor.
unless in the name of science and humanity,
one of you is a volunteer...
No idealist or tiger in this room.
Hey, head gardener! Where do you put the moss substrate?
Say, I asked a simple question.
- There isn't one. - How is that?
This whole area needs it.
They promised to deliver some 15 days ago.
Are you going to feed a rose of promises? And you are a head gardener?
Don't talk to me like that! I'm warning you!
Since you have been here, you have not done than complain and look for fault!
I can't just watch this garden die.
Do you think I like it? This concerns me more than you.
My eye! I am surrounded roses since childhood.
This does not give authority. You're just lucky.
I didn't see a rose until I was 16.
There are no flowers At the orphanage, sir.
So how are you become head gardener?
Because since that time,
I have cared for and raised all types of roses. I made hybrids...
No matter what you think!
It was me who came across the Pinocchio and the Fusilier,
and who won 1st prize the Pasadena exhibition in 1962.
Not that! I was there, and no Ashley was mentioned.
I didn't say it was me,
I just said it was my hybrid who had won.
You think we're going to give the first prize to a stranger? Never.
This is the old woman I worked for who won the blue ribbon.
Miss Am... Amelia Townsend.
The floribunda masquerade?
The orange rose with red reflections, Was it yours?
Was that your rose?
Yes, every petal.
After 2 years of experimentation.
How stupid I could have been!
Call you an amateur, tell you for not teaching me my job...
I'm sorry.
Listen, Mr. Ashley, I'd like to apologize.
The saddest, I didn't think anything of it.
Really.
THANKS.
There is no harm.
Friends?
We have an artist here.
This is the house and the garden where I worked.
I see.
It would have been a good idea for putting you together.
Why bring two people together would necessarily be a good idea?
Is this your doctor?
Yes.
What kind of treatment do you receive?
An analysis.
Dale, have you ever thought to have your own garden?
It's my favorite dream.
What do you do in analysis?
We talk a lot.
You sit, you talk and that's it?
What ?
I don't know.
I don't remember it.
You see, I would put...
rose bushes on 3 sides, like this,
surrounding a flower bed 30 m long.
And here a trellis for climbing roses.
You know, it's luck May it be free to dream.
- Your dreams could come true one day. - No.
I always wake up just before.
Maybe you'll meet someone.
A friend...
who would help you create a garden
like the one of your dreams.
Stop it, will you?
Imagine that yes, you meet someone.
Stop imagining! You start to look like some of them.
You don't think I'm serious?
I think you're crazy.
Don't say that.
Don't ever tell me that again!
Wait! Martin!
Forget it, you're right. He's crazy!
Come on, come on. We're going to take vitamins.
- I'm not Arthur. - I know.
But they don't.
You put two measures of water. Look at.
A measure of ketchup.
Vitamins D and E, for iron.
Ah, vitamins!
to you.
Two measures of water...
Why don't you dance?
Oh, hello.
I'm looking for Martin Ashley.
This type of therapy really isn't for him.
He doesn't even like us to use his flowers to decorate the room.
Good...
I have to move around, old man.
Hello, Miss Albright.
Do you dance?
No. I prefer not.
Sorry.
You saw how is he looking at me?
He was dying to to take me like that.
Do you understand, my darling?
You are stupid.
Stupid and jealous.
Does that bother you? of the company?
I can ?
It's pretty here.
Why do you prefer to stay so alone?
I feel embarrassed to be here.
To be one of them.
But I am one, you know...
There are 6,000 of us.
But patients are leaving here each day.
I'm not sure to want to leave.
It's not so bad.
To stand among the shadows, listen to music...
You know,
when we stay in the shadows,
away from people,
the music seems to float in the air.
It's pretty and pleasant.
Like your name.
Cynthia Lee Albright.
A creation of my mother.
"A name must be melodious, Cynthia."
"Those who want to be important must have a melodious name."
So here I am.
Cynthia Lee Albright, pavilion M of the state asylum.
I shouldn't use that term.
It doesn't matter to me.
Where are you from?
Wichita.
My father died there.
It was two years last Monday.
I left the next day.
Is your mother still there?
I don't know.
My father always tried to speak well of me.
Even when she denigrated me,
he brought me gifts.
So she...
She found them and took them away from me.
My mother forced me to write things.
Hundreds of times.
"I swear never again coming home from school with a boy."
"Today, I was not a suitable girl."
“Kissing and touching are sins.”
And... "It's my mother who loves me the most."
- Sorry. - Don't touch me, I told you!
Still angry?
I'm sorry I went too far.
I had no right to say that.
If it wasn't for you, who speaks my language,
who has the same centers of interest,
I would have left here by now.
I have trouble making friends.
Well,
to be sincere,
I only came here this evening only to find you and explain to me.
The other day, I wasn't just making assumptions,
About the friend who might show up.
It's just...
I can't tell you more for now.
Okay, Martin.
As long as we remain friends...
Come on, let’s have a coffee.
If you ever run into this friend,
tell him that Dale Nelson said: "Let's have dreams,
“and a suitcase for traveling.”
He might want to go to Australia.
That suits me, wherever roses grow.
I'm out in 19 days.
It's soon.
This is observation time.
Where will you go? � Los Angeles?
For a day or two.
I can't bear to be shown saying I just got out of the asylum.
I think I'll go East.
Where?
Where I can take care of roses.
Excuse me. I have to see someone.
Doctor, can I talk to you for a moment?
Of course, what is it?
Doctor, can you tell me when can I go out?
When I can tell the court that you are well.
But I'm fine.
I have been here for over 90 days.
Doctor, it's important that I go out in 19 days at the latest.
For what ?
I can't tell you.
It's very personal.
Let's go discuss it in my office.
Thank you, doctor.
There must be a reason.
Tell me, Martin...
Why do you have to leave here in 19 days?
Dale must go,
and I must accompany him.
Where will you go?
Far.
In Australia.
What will you do there?
We will create there the most beautiful garden in the world.
So many roses...
We will have a big and beautiful house.
But it’s going to be very expensive, right?
Destroy me, Martin.
It's going to be very expensive, right?
Yes.
Do you have enough money for that?
You know well that to leave here, I must tell the court that you are cured.
I am healed.
I am cured!
Sleep, Martin.
Open your eyes and tell me, Martin:
Do you have enough money for that?
So, Martin?
Do you have enough money, Martin?
Yes !
Tell me, Martin.
How much do you have?
You want me to leave you go with Dale, right?
Oh, yes...
You are welcome.
How to help you without your trust?
You have to trust me.
Tell me, Martin:
How much money?
A million dollars.
Tell me where the money is.
No.
Martin, trust me.
You have to trust me.
Tell me where the money is!
No !
Calm down, Martin.
Don't worry. Relax.
Sleep, Martin.
No more questions.
When I put my hand on his forehead, you will wake up.
You will forget every word of our conversation.
Wake up, Martin.
I will see you again in a few days, Mr. Ashley.
Doctor... Could I leave here soon?
Probably.
I will do my best in this direction, after some additional care.
Thank you, doctor.
Thank you so much.
Come on?
A collect call from Mr. Hospital.
Yes, I take it.
Glad to hear from you, Mr. Hospital.
I have good news for you.
This guy actually has this money.
Unfortunately, we are in competition.
This woman who was at the trial,
Dr Beighley...
She knows as much as I do.
Of course... I should have suspected that.
By testifying in his favor, she had to know that he had not destroyed the money.
I will have great pleasure to inform the authorities.
No not yet.
By doing it now, we won't know where the money is.
Don't forget
that it is me who is interested in this bonus.
I am delighted with your progress.
Someone is coming.
Bye.
What are you doing there?
I'm looking for my sneakers.
Sneakers? For what?
Everyone dances in shoes, but I prefer sneakers.
Never mind. You will need dance like you are.
Conformism.
Wherever I go, I don't hear only conformist words.
I changed my mind.
I would like to dance.
How ? Without hands?
It wouldn't be funny, Mr. Nelson, isn't it?
Why don't you call me Dale? It's more melodious.
Psychiatrists, psychologists and neurologists everywhere!
All looking for problems.
Do you have one?
That's what they tell me.
Why not @
So that you tell me.
- Here ? - No, no.
Far from the music, so that it appears to be floating in the air.
listen.
It really floats.
Pretty ?
Therapeutic.
Cynthia Lee Albright seeks to please.
Well, doctor,
Do you want to know my problem?
Do you want to tell me?
How can you do my diagnosis, otherwise?
Count them, doctor.
60 beats per minute.
70, here.
Do you find me attractive?
That's not your problem.
No.
That lets you know I'm lying.
Dr, when Cynthia Lee Albright says she doesn't want you to touch her,
she lies.
Dale, I want you to touch me.
I want you to hug me,
and you touch me.
NOW.
She said that no one would not want me.
That no one would love me. But she was wrong.
Wrong...
Love me, Dale, love me.
Tell me she was wrong.
She was wrong.
Show it to me.
Not like that, Cynthia.
Not in a place like this.
Liar ! Be at least as honest as her.
- Listen to me, Cynthia, please. - Liar !
It's not me...
Is this for you?
No, impossible. Wrong number.
You are on the list.
The doctor wants to do you tests tomorrow.
What kind?
This is not my domain.
Swallow it, friend.
- As soon as I have my cigarette. - No way, Nelson.
My job is to see you swallow it.
Or, by hypodermic injection. Choose.
You leave me no choice. Cheers!
What is this ?
Where are you taking me?
In therapy.
Therapy, always therapy.
It's the electroshock room!
Get me out of here!
What are you doing?
Remove the straps.
Start at 90 volts.
It's insufficient. Go up to 100.
Mr. Nelson, can you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Now look at me and listen.
A few days ago, I saw you salute with your left hand.
You close your eyes with your fingertips.
These are the gestures of a simulator.
Mr. Nelson, I know you are a professional actor.
What I would like to know,
that's why you chose this hospital to play your comedy.
You say you know that I'm pretending,
and you submit to me Electroshocks?
Mr. Nelson...
I hate fools who believe they can play crazy.
You take up our time we need for real patients.
I want to know what you're doing here.
Damn you !
Do you know the penalty for fraudulent entry into a state hospital?
It is much less severe than that for torturing a healthy man.
Once I have told this to a court,
It will be a pleasure for me than spending 6 months in the shade,
knowing you will be fired of the medical corps and put in prison.
You were clear, Mr. Nelson.
EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS. HAZARD. DO NOT TOUCH.
In other circumstances, Mr. Nelson,
I would have been delighted to try to analyze your twisted mind.
How can you believe, Mr. Nelson,
than a liar and a thief has the right to threaten my career?
My searches cannot allow it.
Paradoxically, you could be useful to me.
This patient is under observation for almost 3 weeks.
We discovered that it was a catatonic schizophrenic
with some periodic phases mobility.
But it can be dangerous for himself and for society.
For this reason, I ask the court to end the observation period
and entrust this patient to us for an indefinite period.
We follow Dr. Beighley.
All right, do that.
Is he a friend of yours?
My God !
What happened to him?
Catatonia.
Something breaks inside, and it's over.
I can't believe it.
Visiting him can help him. We are here every day.
Like him, when his wife was alive and came to see him twice a month.
It's been almost a year that he no longer moved a muscle.
In a certain way, they are better than us.
They lost their senses and no longer feel anything.
Calm down, Nelson.
Here, this will help you.
- It's what ? - Water.
Who are you?
Mike Newton. I took care of you these last few days.
These last few days?
Forget it, everything is fine now.
No, that's not okay.
Strange things are floating in my head.
Colors that burst forth...
Green, blue...
...floating together.
Horrible and twisted images that I had never seen before...
And then, nothing more.
You can go to dinner, Mike. I don't need you anymore.
Yes, ma'am.
No, don't leave! Mike, please!
Did these images leave you a memory, Mr. Nelson?
No...
Try to remember.
Whatever you can.
No, I don't remember anything.
What are you doing ?
Please, doctor, let me go.
No reason to panic, Mr. Nelson
The second phase does not last only a few days.
No ! You are crazy!
Try to describe your feelings.
Now look at me.
Is my face changing?
Is he moving away?
Is he getting smaller?
It's time to get some fresh air, my friend.
Good morning. There's your guy.
- Is there anything new? - It's too early, I think.
Talk to him during the visit.
Don't talk. He will hear.
If he comes near, touch your face to warn me.
I'm doing well.
But how long will I be able to continue to simulate catatonia?
I'm scared, Cynthia.
I've never been so scared in my life.
You have to help me.
I can only do it here. You are my last hope.
She's in the office,
the key to the isolation ward.
Bring it to me dancing tonight.
Too bad you are in a daze, Nelson.
Your friend is really appetizing.
Hi.
A dance, just before.
Come on, he doesn't even know that you are there.
Just one dance.
Well, Mr. Ashley...
He looks better tonight.
being outside in the garden could help him.
Very good.
It's the best therapy.
Good evening, Your Highness.
Why did you lie to me?
Why did you make me believe that you were my friend?
Dr. Beighley told me
why you came here.
She's my friend.
You won't leave here anymore.
But me, yes.
I'm going home this evening.
I am happy,
I will never have to see you again.
I don't need you anymore.
I'm healed now.
I won't need anyone anymore.
More...
...Never.
After tonight,
I will give to Dr. Beighley the money she needs.
And I will go far away.
Far from people like you.
I never had a real friend.
Never.
In my whole life.
And you...
You didn't care about roses.
You didn't care about leaving with me.
Everything that interested you, it was the money.
Like Miss Townsend.
This is why she did not deserve to live.
You neither.
Hey, you!
What are you doing with my patient?
I worked with him in the rose garden.
How dare you move it without permission?
Dale, my poor baby...
You can only talk to me.
Don't go near him from now on!
Standing.
- Are we working late? - Yes.
Wait a minute.
Stop!
Who are you?
Get me through security, quick!
Sorry for the late hour.
I'm Dale Nelson, a friend of Mr. Manning.
Please enter.
THANKS.
This way, Mr. Nelson.
- Mr. Manning? - Yes.
A terrible loss, isn't it?
What happened to him?
A heart attack, sudden, yesterday morning.
You are welcome.
I prefer not.
Did Mr. Manning have a partner? that I can see this evening?
Yes, sir. His secretary, Miss Lindsay. She's inside.
Could you ask him to come? This is very important.
Yes.
- Yes ? - Miss Lindsay?
I'm Dale Nelson.
What is there?
Does my name mean nothing to you?
No way.
I worked for Mr. Manning on a personal matter.
You will find the details in a folder.
It's me though who takes care of my files.
It may be classified under the name "Mr. Hospital".
There is nothing, I assure you
This is not an ordinary file. This is a confidential matter.
It's embarrassing.
I ask you to go and see, that's all!
Please lower your voice, it is inappropriate.
Sorry to bother you At a time like this,
but it's in a hurry. I'm in serious trouble.
Mr. Manning could not risk let it be known that he had hired me.
It was even agreed that he would pay me $10,000 out of his own pocket.
$10,000?
Yes. We were breaking the law, you see?
I am sure you will find a memorandum in the safe.
Very good.
- I'll see. - THANKS.
Sorry, but our archives are private. Wait here.
This is Miss Lindsay, 608 North Sierra.
This is to signal an attempt blackmail and extortion.
A certain Dale Nelson is there
and tries to implicate Mr. Manning in a criminal case.
Send a car at 608 North Sierra.
Listen to me, madam, and stay calm.
This man has just escaped from the asylum.
A lunatic on the run?
I was just checking, I can... Don't touch me or I'll scream!
I won't do anything to you, but if you knew what you did!
I'm in trouble because Mr. Manning hired me to find Amelia Townsend's money.
And you just ruined my only chance to get there.
And there you have it.
You can take your share.
But they are ashes!
Ashes.
- What are you doing ? - That's not true!
- Nothing else... - Stop!
Martin...
Did you lie to me?
What ?
You said you had the money.
You told me you hid it.
So where is the money?
I will keep my word. You'll get your share, but that's it.
Where is the money?
- These are just... - ...ashes!
You too are shouting at me!
She did that, sit there and yell at me!
But I'm tired of it.
Martin, wait.
Martin, I...
I want to talk to you.
Come on, give me that.
- Come on, give it. - Back off!
You also coveted my money, isn't it?
You are like her.
Yes, you both want my money, eh?
My job.
I can't continue it.
He said the money was there.
He is there.
He's there, isn't he?
I spent 31 hours with this patient.
31 full hours.
He should have told me the truth.
There is nothing.
There was never anything.
Come on, let's go.
Yes, of course. Let's start looking.
Where?
There! Home!
Or here?
Can you help me, please?
Yes, of course.
But we need more help.
I'm going to show them that,
then we will come back.
Okay, doctor?
You are very kind.
Your Honor, she was a devoted woman.
A scientist with ambitious visions, but misleading.
His decompensation occurred when she realized
that the goal of his life, his career, was finished.
- Because money didn't exist? - Yes.
No, Your Honor!
Absolutely not!
The money does exist.
And who is best placed to find out?
After 31 hours?
Tell me!
Who takes up the challenge?
It's time.
NOW.
The present.
Let's examine each phase of this affair.
All right ?
Very good!
31 full hours!
Do I have the right to be certain?
All right ?
Very good!
Let's start with...
the schizophrenic the secretive and lonely kind.
You know how it is difficult to reach it.
All right ?
Very good.
And who was best placed to find out?
Tell me !
NOW, on the other side of the matter...
If a combination of chemical components can induce catatonia,
then conversely, a combination of chemical components will dissipate it.
All right ?
Idiot!
Isn't she stupid?
31 full hours!
I have the right to be certain.
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