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#Robert mitchum eddie albert trial

Frank and Diane are acquitted, but once back at the estate, Frank tells Diane he is divorcing her. During the trial, Barrett skillfully deflates expert testimony regarding the car's transmission and steering mechanism, which appears to have been tampered with, and paints Frank and Diane as innocent lovebirds.

#Robert mitchum eddie albert trial

Just before the trial is to start, Fred convinces Frank and Diane to marry so that he can propose that Diane's suitcase was in Frank's room because they were planning to elope. To help Diane, Vance hires Fred Barrett, a renowned defense lawyer. Diane, who stands to inherit all of Catherine's wealth, has suffered a nervous breakdown, however, and is incarcerated in a prison hospital. Catherine and Charles are killed in the crash, and following some investigation, both Frank and Diane are arrested for murder. As she is about to leave, Charles asks for a lift, and after Catherine puts the car in drive and steps on the gas, the vehicle screeches backward over the cliff. The following day, with Frank gone, Catherine prepares to drive herself to Santa Barbara. Admitting that he loves her, Frank agrees to stay for a few more days so that she can think seriously about the situation. Having anticipated his move, Diane cries and begs him to run away with her, showing him her own packed suitcase. After making a date with Mary for that night, Frank returns to the Tremaynes and starts to pack. The next day, Frank stops by Mary's apartment and states that he is leaving his job and Diane. Frank refuses to believe Diane's story and orders her back to bed. In the middle of the night, Diane then comes to Frank's room and tells him that Catherine tried to kill her by turning on her gas fireplace. Frank tries to reassure Diane that Catherine has no power over her, but Diane insists that Catherine will take her anger out on her beloved, weak father if she is defied. Diane also confides her fear that if Catherine were to find out about their romance, she would fire him and lock her up. Later, Diane meets secretly with Frank and tells him that Catherine threw his proposal in the trash. Catherine then calls her lawyer, Arthur Vance, for advice, but learns that he is out of town. Although Catherine is suspicious of Diane's motives, she tells Frank that she will consider the offer. Soon after, Diane informs Frank that she has talked to her stepmother about investing in his garage, and he presents Catherine with a written proposal. Diane then convinces her parents to hire a chauffeur and, while kissing him on a moonlit drive, persuades Frank to accept the job. When Diane suggests that he drive her car in an upcoming race, however, Frank forgives her and agrees to talk further about her idea. Later, at the diner, Diane finds Frank, who chastises her for speaking to Mary. Disgusted, Mary rejects Frank and goes out with Bill, a longtime admirer. That night, Mary is about to go out with Frank when he lies again about his date with Diane.

Seeing through Diane's tactics, Mary rejects her offer but admits that her faith in Frank is shaken. The next day, Diane invites Mary to lunch and, while pretending that she wants to contribute to Frank's garage fund, lets her know that he spent the evening with her.

#Robert mitchum eddie albert driver

Diane then asks Frank, a former race car driver who dreams of owning his own garage, about Mary, and he reveals that Mary has been saving her money to help him. Frank takes Diane out, and over dinner, she tells him that her father is a well-respected novelist but has not finished a book since her mother's death during the war. When Mary finally calls him, Frank turns down her dinner invitation, claiming that he is too tired. Diane then comes in and strikes up a flirtatious conversation with him. In the diner, Frank tries to call his girl friend, Mary Wilton, a hospital receptionist, but gets no answer. Later, after getting off work, Frank goes to a nearby diner, unaware that Diane is following him in her sports car. Confused, she slaps him back, then apologizes. When Diane becomes hysterical, Frank slaps her face to calm her. As he is leaving the house, Frank notices Catherine's beautiful English stepdaughter Diane playing a melancholy piano piece and assures her that her stepmother will be fine. By the time they arrive, Catherine has already been treated for gas inhalation, which the police believe occurred accidentally, but which the wealthy Catherine suspects was deliberate. One night, Beverly Hills ambulance driver Frank Jessup and his partner Bill are called to the cliffside estate of Charles and Catherine Tremayne.