Mannix (TV Series)

A Choice of Victims (1974)

Mike Connors: Joe Mannix

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• Laura Harris : [talking about Victor Harris getting killed by an explosion in her car]  I don't know, Mr. Mannix. I don't know why anybody would want me dead, but I do know it was my car, so it must've been me they wanted to kill.

  Joe Mannix : How did your husband happen to take your car?

  Laura Harris : I was rehearsing, and he came by the studio.

  Joe Mannix : Rehearsing?

  Laura Harris : I was doing a charity show. I belong to "The Helpmates." We do a benefit every year for crippled children. Tom Andros is producing it this year. Anyway, Victor came by about 10:00, and he said, "I'll take your car. Freddy'll drive you home."

  Joe Mannix : Freddy?

  Laura Harris : The chauffeur. Victor didn't want me driving home alone.

  Joe Mannix : Could anyone else have known he was, uh, gonna switch cars?

  Laura Harris : Freddy, of course, but beyond that, I couldn't say.

  Joe Mannix : Do you have any idea where your husband was going?

  Laura Harris : It was, uh... business... in the Valley, I think.

  Joe Mannix : Wasn't that sort of unusual? I mean, it was after 10:00 p.m.

  Laura Harris : 10:00 was early for Victor.

  Joe Mannix : I'd like to talk to your chauffeur, if you don't mind.

  Laura Harris : [picks up the phone and presses a button]  Hello, Doris. Would you ask Freddy to come in, please? He's probably in the garage. Thank you.

  [hangs up] 

  Joe Mannix : How long has he worked for you?

  Laura Harris : Seven or eight years. For Victor, that is. We've been married for about three years.

  Joe Mannix : Would you happen to know if your husband had any enemies?

  Laura Harris : Mr. Mannix, having enemies goes with being wealthy and self-made.

  Joe Mannix : Anyone who'd want to kill him.

  Laura Harris : Not that I know of, but it's possible. Victor was very, very competitive. You might even say ruthless in business matters.

  Freddy : [knocks on the door and enters]  Something I can do for you, Mrs. Harris?

  Laura Harris : This is Mr. Mannix, Freddy. He's a private investigator.

  Freddy : Mr. Mannix.

  Joe Mannix : Do you mind answering a few questions?

  Freddy : No, sir.

  Joe Mannix : Do you have any idea where Mr. Harris might have been going last night.

  Freddy : He didn't say, sir.

  Joe Mannix : Well, that's not exactly what I asked. I wanted to know if you had any idea where might have been going?

  Freddy : I'm just a chauffeur, sir.

  Joe Mannix : Mrs. Harris tells me he was going to keep a business appointment.

  Freddy : Yes, I heard him.

  Joe Mannix : And she also told me that he might have been going to the Valley. Did he go there regularly?

  Freddy : Yes. Fairly often.