Mannix (TV Series)

Design for Dying (1975)

Mike Connors: Joe Mannix

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• Darrell Bigelow : I'm Darrell Bigelow.

  Joe Mannix : Yeah, I know. Why here, Mr. Bigelow? Why not at your paper?

  Darrell Bigelow : I couldn't have it known that I was hiring a private detective. This matter must be absolutely confidential.

  Joe Mannix : Fair enough.

  Darrell Bigelow : The owner of this carousel owes me a... favor or two, so we're assured of absolute privacy.

  Joe Mannix : Except for your, uh...

  Darrell Bigelow : Employees. They can be trusted.

  Joe Mannix : What's the job, Mr. Bigelow?

  Darrell Bigelow : I want you to find my wife.

  [motions for one of his employees to start the carousel] 

  Joe Mannix : How long has she been missing?

  Darrell Bigelow : She disappeared a week ago.

  [takes a picture of his wife out of his coat pocket and hands it to Joe] 

  Darrell Bigelow : Her name is Rebekah.

  Joe Mannix : [looks at the picture]  You think she might've been kidnapped?

  Darrell Bigelow : No. Well, there'd have been some word by now.

  Joe Mannix : Has she ever, uh, "disappeared" before?

  Darrell Bigelow : [thinks for a moment]  I want you to find her and bring her back, Mr. Mannix. She's my wife... and I love her.

  Joe Mannix : Of course.

  Darrell Bigelow : There is another aspect to consider, a selfish one, perhaps. My friends in politics have tested the waters. They say the temperature's just right for me to wade in and, uh, become a candidate for elective office. Now, any hint of a scandal...

  Joe Mannix : Scandal? You think she may be with another man?

  Darrell Bigelow : Well... last summer... Rebekah met someone.

  Joe Mannix : Who is he?

  Darrell Bigelow : You might say he was a... a professional boat bum.

  Joe Mannix : What was his name?

  Darrell Bigelow : I don't know. Rebekah told me a little about him when she... came home. I realize now that she wasn't over whatever attraction he had for her, and my instinct leads me to believe that... she may be with him again. I want her back, Mr. Mannix. You'll find her for me?

  Joe Mannix : I'll do what I can.

  Darrell Bigelow : [takes an envelope out of his coat pocket]  Uh, this should be enough to get you started.

  Joe Mannix : [takes the envelope and looks inside it]  Very generous.

  Darrell Bigelow : There's one other thing, Mr. Mannix. My wife means more to me than any political career.

  Joe Mannix : Naturally.