03x09 - Inheritance Tax

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[RADIO BEEPING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Squad 51, are you available?

Squad 51. Available.

[INTERCOM BEEPING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO:
Engine 51. Squad 51.

Child trapped in car.
Power lines down.

235 East Hill Avenue.

2-3-5 East Hill Avenue.

[SIREN WAILING] Cross street,
Markham. Time out, 1640.

Engine 51.

Squad 51.10-4.

Hill and Markham. That's...

That's north of here
about a mile.

Got a parked car rolled down
the hill and clipped the fire hydrant.

And ran into
the pole over there.

Got a kid trapped in there, and with
those hot wires we can't get to him.

If he steps out of that car...

I called the power company.

It'll take them a few minutes
to come and turn the power off.

All right, well, if you can keep
the people back we'll take care of it.

Okay. What do you think?

Well, 12,000 volt cables there.

They're too heavy to cut.

Well, look. All we can do is
wait. We can't touch that car.

WOMAN: Billy!

Billy!

[EXCLAIMS]

Wait. Hold on now.

My baby's in the car!
My baby's in the car!

He's gonna be all right as
long as he stays in the car.

The car is insulated
by the wheels.

But he knows
how to open the door!

Boy's stuck in that car.

Take care of her.

Billy, don't open the door!

Billy, don't get out
of the car. Okay.

Okay, Roy.
I'm gonna throw this rope.

Stay in the car.

Stay in the car, Billy.

Billy, stay in the car!

Okay.

He'll be all right. The
firemen will take care of it.

Open the door and get out.

[SIREN WAILING]

Come on, Billy.

Good boy.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

It's all Mommy's fault.
Mommy didn't curb the wheels.

All in a day's work, Cap.

What's the matter?

I think you better sit down. I've
got something I want to tell you.

What's wrong?

You remember a rescue we had
about a year and a half ago.

Nice old lady. There was a
fire at her house, big house...

Yeah. I remember her.

Well, she died.

Oh.

I'm sorry, I didn't know that.

Yeah, I was sorry, too.

That's a real shame.

Yeah, I remember her very well.

Well, I'm glad you do.

Because she remembered us
very well.

What're you talking about?

I got this. I got this today.

This letter
and it's addressed to both...

Hi, guys, what's happening?

Can you give us a minute?

Sure, but you've injured
my feelings.

Good.

This letter is addressed
to both of us and...

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad 51,
possible heart attack.

Global Investments Company.


1501 Wellings Avenue.

Cross street, Sunwood.
Time out, 0931.

Squad 51, 10-4. KMG 365.

You're...

The Fire Department, ma'am.
Well, he's right inside.

He was very pale then
he collapsed at his desk.

He doesn't even know
I have called you.

WINTHROP: All right then...
Just hold the cocoa!

Hold it! I'll get back to you.
Okay. Goodbye.

[TELEPHONE RINGING] Who are you?

What? Yes.

All right, look, I want to exercise the
options. That's right, 50,000 shares!

All right. Goodbye.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]
Sir, we're...

What? Huh?

Right, give me a quote on Bennett Steel,
quick. Mr. Winthrop.

I think you should let these
men take a look at you.

And I think you should get a
quote on Bennett Steel, right away!

You may fire me if you wish, Mr. Winthrop,
but I refuse to help you k*ll yourself!

I'll call you back later.

Margaret, I want you to stay out of
my business. You understand that?

At least until
the market closes.

Now, did you
call these characters?

Yes, on this one occasion

I have gone
beyond my secretarial duties.

All right.

All three of you.

[TELEPHONE RINGING] Get out!

[CHOKING]

I think you better let me
have a look at you right now.

Where did you
dig these characters up?

Sir, we're paramedics

with the County Fire Department.

I'll tell you what. Just leave me alone
for about 10 minutes. I'll be all right.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51. This is Rampart.

JOHNNY ON RADIO: Rampart,
we have a male, approximately 35.

Possible heart attack victim.

He's complaining of chest pains,
and he's diaphoretic.

Pulse is 98. Standby for BP.

Rampart, Pulse is 98.
Standby for BP.

BP's 150 over 90. I'm getting some
irregular rhythms. We better patch him up.

Rampart, BP is 150 over 90.
Stand by for EKG.


then administer 5 milligrams MS IV.

ROY: He's throwing
multiple PVCs.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

Rampart, the victim
is throwing multiple PVCs.




and then start a lidocaine drip.


lidocaine IV followed by lidocaine drip.

Mr. Winthrop, we'd like
to take you to the hospital

as soon as we get your
heart rhythm under control.

Hospital. No way.

Maybe tonight. I couldn't possibly...
You can take him immediately.

I accept all responsibility.

Are you crazy?

Look,
I'm sitting on 50,000 contracts of cocoa.

You know what that means?

No, sir.
But we know what this means.

Okay, he's ready to go.

I don't care to... Do you guys know
what you're doing to me? You're k*lling me!

Worse than that,
you're costing me money.

All right, easy does it.
Easy does it.

This better be necessary
or I'll get you guys for this.

All right, let's go.

Hey, can I interest you guys
in some soy bean?

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Parker,
Outpatient Area.

Dr. Parker, Outpatient Area.

Still picking up multiple PVCs.

Have you been under
a lot of pressure, lately?

Sure.

I love it. I thrive on it.

Get any chest pains?

Sometimes.

Smoke a lot?
Drink a lot of coffee?

Certainly. Doesn't everybody?

Dix, let me have 100
milligrams of phenobarbital.

All right.

Faster, Doctor, huh.
It's a business day.

Mr. Winthrop, are you aware
that continual pressure and tension

can do harm to the body?

I appreciate the concern, Doc.

But I'm gonna ask
a similar courtesy.

I deal in money.
Do you understand that, Doc?

I want you
to understand something.

You're a sick man.

No, it's you
who doesn't understand.

Look, I deal and trade
in the commodity market.

That means in seconds,
prices fluctuate.

Contracts are bought and sold.

And fortunes are made
and fortunes are lost.

That's why I have to be there.
I'll tell you what, Doc.

Just give me a pill, sign the papers,
and let me get the heck out of here.

What's that?

Just something to calm you down.

Oh, first, it's the firemen.
Now, it's you, huh?

What, do you guys want
to see me penniless?

I think this is
where we came in.

Yeah, I think so, too.

We're gonna have to split,
Doc. See you later.

I'll see you guys later.

Boy, I've seen some
patients in my time,

but I've never seen
anything quite like him before.

He is truly amazing.

Oh, yeah? Maybe that's what
comes from having a lot of money.

Yeah. Well, I don't think you and I
are gonna have to worry about that.

Don't be too sure.

What do you mean? Wait.

Wait? What do you mean, "Wait"?

You've done that already, Doc.

Dix, I want this man put
in the Coronary Care Unit.

Coronary Care!

Look, I don't have time to
lie in bed on a working day.

Well, I'm afraid
you'll have to take time.

With your cooperation
I hope to save your life.

Hey, don't give me heroics, Doc.

You don't have anything to do.
You want to operate on somebody

so you just pull some dummy
in off the street

so you can go to work on him,
isn't that right?

Take this man to CCU.

I'll remember you, Doc.

I remember my friends and I
remember my enemies, Doc!

WINTHROP: I'll remember you.

What was that all about?

That's a very busy man.

Who's on the verge
of a heart attack.

We're heirs.

We're her heirs.

That's right.

We're rich.

You can't be too sure of that.

What do you mean
we can't be too sure of that?

I mean, don't you remember where she
lived? She lived in a three-story house.

She had a swimming pool in the back
and she had a tennis court in the back.

Now, you gotta have a lot
of money to live like that.

But it doesn't say anything
about money in this letter.

No, I know. But it says,
"Estate," right there.

You know what that means?

That's a lawyer's word
for big money!

Money!

Money. We're rich!

How much do you think
we're gonna get?

I don't know.

Come on, guess.

I wouldn't even want
to try to guess.

We're gonna get a lot of money.

I'm going to call Joanne.

What are you gonna do?
I'm gonna call Joanne.

No! You can't call Joanne now.

Why not?

Because we don't want to jinx it
by blabbing it all over to the world.

Well, I'm not gonna blab it to
anybody. I'm just gonna call Joanne.

That's not telling
the whole world.

Don't... You don't understand!

Explain it to me.

Roy, we have just been notified
that we are heirs to a very large estate.

So?

Don't you know what that means?

Yeah.

No.

I'm not sure. That's why
I want to talk to Joanne.

You know what we got to do? We got
to sit down. We got to think about this.

[STAMMERING] We gotta
give it some thought.

This is gonna cost you
$2.25, gentlemen.

$2.25. What do you mean, $2.25. It
always costs $2. What's with the quarter?

I got something special today.

Gage,
what? Is a quarter gonna break you?

I mean, it's only money.
What are you worried about?

That's right. That's right.

It is. It's only money.

Excuse us for a second.

Hey, you guys
are gonna give me a complex.

Kel, sorry to bother you.

It's all right, Dix. What is it?

CCU. Our stock broker,
Mr. Winthrop.

What about him?

Well, he demands a telephone.

Not just one. Two.

He's making a joke
out of Coronary Care.

That sedative
just isn't working.

Let's go talk to him.

Good luck to us.

WOMAN ON PA: Dr. Baker.
Outside call, please.

Dr. Baker. Outside call, please.

Yes?

Are you a doctor?

Yes.

What can I do for you, son?

So you got seven cents.

I'd like to buy a bandage.

What for?

My friend Pete.
He's outside. He fell.

Oh.

Well, if you bring Pete in,
I'll bandage him myself.

He won't come in. He's afraid.

But you're not?

Listen, son, I'll tell you what.

You tell Pete, if he comes in,
and lets me bandage him,

I'll do it for nothing.
It's free.

You guys can keep
the seven cents. Okay?

No tricks?

No tricks.

Doctor,
I don't know what to do with him.

Get back in bed.

This is
the worst thing you can do.

The worst thing I could do,
is go broke.

The worst thing you can do
is die!

You have your opinion
and I have mine.

Look, I'll make a deal with you,
Doc. Just one phone, all right?

Get back into bed, Mr. Winthrop.

Look, you don't understand, Doc.

Do you know what cocoa is? I mean,
besides making chocolate bars out of it?

It's a world commodity
that's bought and sold.

Let me have another 100
milligrams of phenobarbital.

You're not even listening to me! Yes,
Doctor.

I think it's more important
that you listen to me.

You're a sick man. Potentially,
you can become much sicker.

What you need now is rest.
Complete rest.

Time to give the systems in your body
a chance to regain their normal rhythms.

Time is what I'm talking about.

There is no time in a cocoa market. Look,
I want a phone.

No phone!

Isn't anybody here on my side?

I'd say that everybody here
is on your side, Mr. Winthrop.

I want him watched closely.

Yes, Doctor.

If he tries to leave the bed,
let me know immediately.

Yeah,
sure. Just walk out on me. Go ahead.

Go to sleep, Mr. Winthrop. I promise
you when you wake up you'll feel better.

No, I won't.

No one sleeps on a business day.

Only sick people.

I can't sleep. No, I...

Go to sleep, Mr. Winthrop.

I...

I...

There, Pete.
That wasn't so bad, was it?

I'll tell you what.

If you guys come back in a couple
of days I'll look at it again. Okay?

No, thanks. How come?

This is a scary-looking place.

It is?

Like that thing. What's it for?

Stethoscope?
That's for listening.

You want to try?

Come on, Steve.
It's okay. Come on.

It won't hurt you.
I'll tell you what, Pete.

Steve is going to
listen to your heart.

And after he finishes,
you can listen to his heart. Okay?

This in your ears, all right?

You hear anything?

Let me try.

Okay.

There you go. Put that in your
ear. Pull the zipper down a little bit.

There you go.

You hear anything?

That's his heart?

That's right.

Doctor, if I put it against his head,
could I hear what he was thinking?

It's not that sensitive.

I'll tell you what.

If you come back
in a couple of days,

we'll do some more listening and
we'll do some more talking, all right?

Sure, we'll be back.

Why not?

Yeah, we'll be here, same time.

Okay, good.

Thanks. Bye.

BYE' boys.

Thanks, Dix.

You're welcome.

How's Winthrop?

Well, I think he's gonna
make it in spite of himself.

Is he still giving you
a bad time?

It's more of a case
of giving himself a bad time.

He seems to have
a lot on his mind.

Yeah, mostly money.

Well, I've known that to occupy the
waking hours of more than a few men.

You see, with some people,
it's just not the money that's important.

It's the making it,
the losing it.

That seems to be
where the real excitement is.

You mean like gambling.

Not necessarily
in its purest form.

The business man relates
to his activity.

I know a guy who's made and
lost a fortune three times over.

Yet, he didn't seem
to care at all.

He just wants
to stay in the ball game.

And you think Mr. Winthrop's
one of those guys.

Maybe.

It sure is
a strange life to live.

It's funny.

If somebody asked Winthrop to
jump out of a plane without a parachute,

he'd never do it.

Yet, here he is with two feet
on the ground,

doing something just as
destructive to himself.

Don't you think there's anybody
around with a lot of money

who just wants to enjoy it?

Somewhere.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: L.A.,
Engine 51. Time out, 20 minutes.

Engine 51.

I don't want to do anything
fancy with my money.

I just wanna spend it.

A little at a time

and enjoy myself!

I'm going to put a sign up
in my locker,

so I can read it
every morning. So it says,

"John Gage,
enjoy yourself, kid."

What are you going to
do with your part?

I don't know.

Lots of things that need to
be fixed up around the house.

Might go on a trip.

I don't like to think about it
further than that.

You know what's always
been a dream of mine?

What?

A boat.

With sails.

You never mentioned it.

How could I?

The closest I thought I'd
come to it would be one of those

wooden tubs you see kids in.

Sail boat.

Sounds awfully nice.

Just you
and the ocean out there.

Alone.

Alone?

Are you kidding me? Alone?

I'm a rich man. I'm not
going to go anyplace alone.

Yeah. I guess it's just
the way I took it.

You know, when I think of
somebody getting a boat, I just think of

being out there by yourself at
the tiller riding out into the sunset...

Alone.

Yeah, well... I like the
sunset as well as anybody.

But I'm certainly not going
to go anyplace alone.

I want a couple of girls along.

A couple?

Yeah. I'm young enough.

Yeah, I know. That's what
you keep telling me.

You finished?

Huh? Oh, yeah.

You know what else I want?

I want a car. A small one.

But long.

What else?

I don't know. I mean...

I don't know.

A bigger apartment.

I don't know.
You got any suggestions?

Well, we could
give some of it to charity.

I was getting around to that.

Oh, I know you were.

That's why I mentioned it.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Squad 51,
man down. 172 Rogers Place.

172 Rogers Place.

Cross street, Belton.
Time out, 1231.

Squad 51, 10-4. KMG 365.

GIRL: You'll be okay, Ronnie.

[MOANING] Excuse me, please.

Excuse us,
please. Excuse me. What happened?

An eating contest.
You know, who can eat more?

They'd been talking about it
for about a week.

Well, they finally
got together and did it.

Exactly what did he eat?

Nineteen hamburgers.

Nineteen?

Oh, man, am I sick.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

We have a male victim,
approximately 17 years of age.

A case of overeating. He's
complaining of a stomach ache.

The pulse is 100.
Standby for BP.

How long has he been like this?

About 15 minutes.

BP's 118 over 70.

BP's 118 over 70, Rampart.

What did he eat?

His friends say
he ate 19 hamburgers.

RONNIE: Am I sick.

[MOANING]

ROY ON RADIO:
And it looks like he did.

Bring him in, 51.
We'll check him out.



Nineteen hamburgers, huh?
Well, looks like he won.

BOY: Nope, he lost.

I won. I ate 20.

How do you feel?

A little full, I guess.

[WINTHROP MUMBLING]

So, I got to
exercise the option.

Doctor, you gotta help me out.

Doc, I'm running out of time,
Doc.

Has he been sedated?

Twice. He seems to
override it so far.

Mr. Winthrop. I've got to sell.

I can't hold it.
I gotta sell the cocoa.

Mr. Winthrop, can you hear me?

All right, what time is it?

Will you try and lie down?

What time is it?



It's too late.

It's all over.

The market closed already.

It's too late.

It's too late.

It's too late.

I think maybe he'll rest now.

It's too late.

It's too late.

How are you feeling?

A lot better.

You ate an awful lot of food.

Well, I couldn't let that skinny guy
beat me. Not with Sue Anne watching.

I thought he did beat you.

Not really. He cheated.
He didn't eat his pickles!

Yes, Doctor.

May I help you?

Yes. I want to
speak to Mr. Winthrop.

Dr. Brackett.

Yes? This lady would like
to speak with Mr. Winthrop.

Yes. I'm Mr. Winthrop's secretary.
May I speak with him, please?

Well, he's sleeping right now,
and we don't want to wake him.

Well, I want to know
how he's doing.

Would you step into my office
for a moment, please?

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Admitting desk. Miss Jameson.

Won't you sit down, please?

Oh, yes. Thank you.

The only problem Mr. Winthrop
has right now is his own attitude.

He hasn't been a very easy patient,
has he?

I'm afraid not.

I wish you knew him better.

He's a very kind man.

Well, I'm sure he is,

but that's not the problem.

We can handle his outbursts,

it's his own body that can't
take much more stress.

Well, I guess he doesn't even
know how to quit anymore.

You know, Mr. Winthrop
was from a very poor family,

and any success that he's achieved
in business he's done it all by himself.

And if he's paying for it
with his health now...

Well, he hasn't hurt anybody
but himself, has he?

No, he hasn't.

But now is the time he can't go it alone,
and doesn't have to.

If only we can convince him.

Mr. Winthrop is
a very stubborn man.

So am I.

Will you let me know
if there's any change?

Of course.

If you'd like to wait,
you can see him when he wakes up.

Well, thank you, I would.

Miss McCall, please.

Good grief!

Gentlemen, we have celebrities.

Rich celebrities.

Now, wait a minute. That's
something we want to discourage here.

Nothing's changed.

What Roy is trying to say is...

What...

I mean, is that...

We're the same guys.
Nothing has changed.

Everything is exactly as it was.

But we wouldn't want any
money to stand between us.

You know, I never knew anybody
who inherited a lot of money before.

That's very exciting.
Congratulations.

Thank you, Cap. Thank you, Cap.

Congratulations from me, too.

Thanks, Marco.

Well, now that
we got two rich firemen,

maybe we can get some things
done around here.

What is that supposed to mean?

Nothing. Except,
isn't it true, Cap,

that we've been watching a fading
television because it's over 11 years old?

What do you mean, Chet?

Do you mean that we need
a new television set?

You said it, not me.

But look at these chairs.

I mean, they look like something that
was left to us from a bankrupt speakeasy.

Already he's trying
to rip us off.

Oh, no, no.

I'm only making an observation.

Hey, Cap, what did they want for
those plush imitation leather chairs?

You know the ones where you put
your feet up and your head back?

About $150?

$150. For how many?

Apiece.

One chair?

This has nothing to
do with you guys.

Of course not.
Nobody said it did.

[DOORBELL RINGING]

I'll get it.

I mean, we all know that firemen
have to take care of their money.

Right, Marco?
Well, I think it's something

that we all should chip in for.

That's if the other shifts
want to go along.

Oh, I agree. And I'm sure the
Captain feels the same way.

What about you, Gage?

You think everybody
should pitch in

and get a new television set
and a set of chairs?

I think you should drop...

We'll talk it over
with our business manager

and then maybe
get back to you on it.

All right.

Pretty quick.

John, Roy.
There's a guy to see you.

Name's Marshall.

That's the lawyer.

Yeah. He's here to
see about the will.

Run, don't walk.

How do you do?
My name is Marshall.

Mr. Marshall,
my name is John Gage.

This here is Roy DeSoto.

Gentlemen,
I believe you've heard from my office.

Yes, sir, yes, sir, we have.
Would you like to sit down?

Oh, thank you.

Well, I suppose we should get
right down to business.

Okay. That's good.

Mr. Marshall...

The suspense is k*lling us.

How much exactly
is the estate worth?

Well, the estate
comes to a total of

$1,211,000.

Did you say, one million,
two hundred and...

Eleven thousand dollars.

Dollars? That's right.

Then split
between the two of us,

that comes to...

Well, there will be
some deductions.

[ALARM SOUNDING]

Well, that's us.

Well, listen we'll be back
as fast as we can. Excuse us.

Surely. I'll wait.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Station 51,
Engine 2, Engine 32, Truck 86.

Structure fire
at the paint factory.

15 Commerce Avenue.

15 Commerce Avenue.
Cross street, Longwood.

Time out, 1835.

Station 51, KMG 365.

[HORN BLARING]

Two two and a halves, boys.

MAN: Right.

L.A., Engine 51.
I want a second alarm here.

I've got a two-story paint factory
well involved. Report to follow.

DISPATCHER ON RADIO: Engine 51.
Battalion 14, did you receive 51's report?

MAN: Battalion 14.

Truck 86, set up on the north
side and protect the exposure.

Engine 2, lay dual reverse
to Truck 86.

[SIREN WAILING]

Set up your monitor to
sweep the south exposure.

Yes, sir.

Engine 2, assist Engine 51 with
monitor for sweep of south exposure.

MAN.' 10-4, 51.

We had a spill.
Everything went up at once.

Everybody get out?
We can't find one man.

All right, we'll check it out.

[SCREAMING]

L.A., Battalion 14.
Give a third alarm.

Have all third alarm units
come in on the west side.

MAN: Battalion 14.

[RADIO CHATTER]

How bad is it?

You got some second degree burns,
but you'll be okay.

We're contacting
the hospital right now.

Rampart, this is Squad 51.

Go ahead, 51.

Rampart, we have a male,
approximately 35.

Suffered second degree burns on
his trunk and his face. Vital signs are:

BP 130 over 76, pulse 120. He's
in considerable pain, Rampart.


and administer 5 milligrams MS IV.



[FIREMEN CHATTERING]

Any casualties, Cap?

Not a one. Everybody was
clear when that truck blew.

Look, see if you can give Chet
and Marco a hand, all right, John?

All right.

Looks like the thinner lines broke
and the whole place exploded.

Where's Mike?

Everybody got out.
You just relax.

The ambulance will be
here any minute.

[SIREN WAILING]

Calling Battalion 14.
This fire is contained.

All companies out two hours.

Request a gas dispenser
and 20 additional air bottles.

MAN: Battalion 14.

The Cap's released me
for hospital follow-up.

I got it. Thanks.

Hey, Doctor, come on in.

I brought you a visitor.

Hey, Margaret.
Hey, it's good to see you.

Oh, you look better.

Thanks. Yeah, I got to hand it to you,
Doc. You were right.

A little bit of sleep
and I feel great.

All right, let me listen
to your chest.

Anything you ask. Go ahead.

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

Take a deep breath.

Well,
that sounds a lot better. How do you feel?

Terrific.

Hey, because of you,
I couldn't make a telephone call.

And because I couldn't make the telephone
call, I couldn't sell the cocoa contracts.

Doctor, the price went up.
I made a fortune.

I don't know how
to begin to thank you.

Well, don't mention it.

Look, I know you guys
don't make a lot of money.

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But I got a deal cooking
on some pork bellies.

And for practically
no money at all,

you can get in
on the ground floor.

Well, how's about some corn
or barley... What about flax?

What do you suppose Mr. Marshall
meant by "certain deductions"?

There's probably gonna be
some deductions.

Yeah, I suppose so.

It's not the end of the world,
you know.

I didn't say it was
the end of the world.

You got to be realistic.

I am realistic.

Yeah.

Look, I'll tell you
how realistic I am.

Okay, we're both gonna split

a little over
a million dollars, right?

Okay, I'm realistic enough
to know that,

what with taxes
and one thing and another,

that's it's gonna cost us
about half of what we get.

Now, is that being realistic?

It sounds realistic.

Well, that leaves us
a quarter of a million dollars

apiece.

Now, that's a very realistic
sum of money.

Now, you and Mr. DeSoto

and Mrs. Rosendahl's cat
were her sole beneficiaries.

Her cat?

The thing to remember is that,
along with the three heirs,

there are, in effect,
institutions as well as private parties

and federal and state agencies
who are involved in this.

Now, with the court handling
all the information given to it,

the court then makes a judgment
regarding dispersal of funds.

You understand?

In other words,
what you're saying is,

there's somebody else involved
besides John and I and the cat?

Exactly.

Who?

I'm getting to that.

First, Mrs. Rosendahl made
arrangements for an elaborate funeral.

Now, the projected cost
of that is $27,000.

She was entitled to that.

Yeah.

Second,
there is an encumbrance against the house.

She owed money on it?

Yes.

And, of course, that has to be paid off
before the heirs can receive anything.

Well, that's understandable.

Yeah, how much?

$101,000.

MARSHALL: Oh,
and I should have mentioned it first

that, of course, there are
the inheritance taxes.

Uncle Sam gets his share.

That's 40%.

And that works out to

$484,200.

Then, of course,
the State of California assesses 24%.

And that works out to

$296,640.

All that money is being
taken out of my money?

Oh, yes.

Exactly how much is left?

Well, I'm almost there,
Mr. Gage.

Well, to save time, I...

Oh, I won't list
the exact figures.

I will simply list the claims
against the estate.

Now, there are
unpaid medical bills.

Yes. Rather large ones.

And then Mrs. Rosendahl was
the guarantor on a defaulted loan.

The co-signer
on a defaulted loan.

And, of course, she is
liable for full restitution.

It was a rather large loan.

And there is
a judgment against her

as the negligent party
in an auto accident.

A very considerable judgment.

Is that it?

Well, of course,
there are the attorney's fees,

which are always
a percentage of the estate

worked out according to the rules
laid down by the State of California.

And incidental court fees.

That's it?

And the cat. Provision must be
made for its survival.

Anything else?

That's it, gentlemen.

Mr. Marshall,
exactly how much is left?

Well, according to my figures,

and I will leave you gentlemen
a copy of them,

the sum of $37.50.

Divided between
the two of you, that's $18.75.

Each.

Well, gentlemen,

if you have any
further questions at all,

please feel free
to call my office.

Thanks for coming down.

Not at all.

Oh, Mr. Marshall.

Yes?

Exactly how much
did the cat get?

The court set aside $15,000.

Well, we can always buy
a savings bond.

I think I'm gonna be sick.

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