The Conversation Page #6

a competitor of yours.

Hey, Bernie, old buddy.

Yeah, Paulie, what's up?

This is Harry Caul.

William P. Moran.

Harry Caul, my pleasure.

My friends call me Bernie.

I heard a lot about you.

Bernie just moved in

from Detroit.

He's the fella

that let Chrysler know...

Cadillac was

discontinuing its fins.

I heard.

You're a tough man

to get ahold of.

I've been wanting

to talk to you for a long time.

Take five. We'll get a drink.

Maybe in a couple minutes.

Honey, sweetheart,

show time, all right?

I'd appreciate if you stuck around

for the demonstration.

Um, ladies and gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen,

what we have here...

is the Moran S-15

harmonica tap.

This electronic marvel

can be installed...

in a matter of two minutes.

Notice here it has its own

nickel cadmium power source...

so it cannot be detected

on the line.

Once installed,

it can be phoned...

from any telephone

in the world...

Singapore, Karachi, even Moscow.

I say Moscow 'cause

you look Russian, sir...

with the beard.

Just dial the target's

phone number...

pause before the last digit...

blow the harmonica tone

into the phone...

press the last digit.

The phone will not ring

in the target's house.

Instead, the receiver...

will be turned into

an actual room microphone...

thus enabling surveillance

to take place.

And now, by way of

an actual demonstration...

we've installed one of these units

in my very own home.

I will now dial that number.

Thank you.

I pause before the last digit.

Harmonica.

I dial the last digit.

You will note the phone

does not ring.

Can we get away?

I don't know. Maybe I can.

Where's your husband?

He's out at a convention.

When will he be back?

Not until late.

April Fool.

Just a little joke, folks.

That shows you

the possibilities...

Larry Peterson Burns.

Telephone call.

Thank you. The demonstration

is concluded.

I'd like you to take some

literature on your way.

What did you think of that?

You like it?

That's a good item.

Good for

the catalogue suckers, huh?

Here you go, Harry.

Have a free pen.

You, too, Paulie.

I'd rather have a free drink.

Hey, me, too.

Stanley, do me a favour, huh?

Mind the booth, all right?

That's what I pay you for.

Just a couple of minutes

to get a drink.

Hi, Harry.

Hi, Stan.

That's right.

You two used to

work together, huh?

That son of a b*tch

stole my latest idea.

A lot of nice ladies

are here tonight.

Forget it.

She's a part-time nun.

Hey, Harry, where you going?

Go on without me.

I'm going to talk to Stan.

We'll meet you at

the chrome-dome exhibit.

Don't be long, Harry.

Since when are you

working for Moran, Stanley?

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