Mannix (TV Series)

The Danford File (1973)

Arlene Martel: Brooke Maxwell Cornell

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• Joe Mannix : Mrs. Cornell?

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : Hi. If you're Fluffy the Clown, you can change your costume right in that room. Oh, and you better hurry, because the kids will be here directly from school.

  Joe Mannix : I'm afraid I'm not Fluffy.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : Oh.

  Joe Mannix : My name is Joe Mannix.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : Well, you must have the wrong address. Oh, but while you're here, would you mind handing me that tape?

  [gets the tape from a nearby table and hands it to Cornell] 

  Joe Mannix : There you are.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : Thanks.

  [places the tape] 

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : There. Do you like it?

  Joe Mannix : Very, very nice.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : Now you just tell me who you're looking for and I'll steer you to the right house.

  Joe Mannix : I am at the right house, Mrs. Cornell. Laura Rand told me about you. I'm a private investigator.

  [pause] 

  Joe Mannix : She really didn't want to give me your name. But you have my word that no one else will know why I came here.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : There's been some mistake.

  Joe Mannix : This is an emergency. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come. Someone is blackmailing Laura. They've already killed Roy Benson and Belle Hogan.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : I don't want to hear any more.

  Joe Mannix : All I want from you is a name. Any name you can remember from that time that you and Laura roomed together.

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : That was so long ago.

  Joe Mannix : There's got to be someone you remember. Someone you might have accidentally told about Laura's past?

  Brooke Maxwell Cornell : I never told anyone about Laura. You've got to believe me. Please, look, this is my daughter's eighth birthday. The children will be coming here. I swear, I don't know anything or anyone.

  Joe Mannix : All right, Mrs. Cornell. I'm sorry if I interrupted. I won't bother you again.

  [pause] 

  Joe Mannix : I got a feeling your daughter's a very lucky girl.

  [walks towards the front and leaves]