He warns her: find that money and turn it over to the American authorities, or her life will remain in danger. He also reveals that Gideon, Tex, and Scobie were Charles Lampert/Voss' squad mates in a military unit that Bartholomew does not describe further. He introduces himself as the Paris station chief of the CIA, and says that her husband, known to the CIA as Charles Voss, is wanted for the theft of the $250,000. Reggie goes to the Embassy, and there meets Bartholomew (Walter Matthau). As Reggie sits and wonders what will happen next, the funeral director touches her shoulder and hands her a note from a "Hamilton Bartholomew," at the United States Embassy, asking her to come in to see him on Monday afternoon. Though the other two found seats at the viewing, Scobie stalks out. Gideon (Ned Glass), who sneezes at Charles Tex Panthollow (James Coburn), who uses a pocket mirror to make sure that Charles is not breathing and Herman Scobie (George Kennedy), a hard-bitten man wearing a hook for a right hand, who sticks a pin into Charles to make sure that he will not jump from the pain. Then three other men come in, one at a time: Leopold W. Reggie, Sylvie, and Inspector Grandpierre are the only three in attendance. Eventually "Peter" offers to take Reggie to a modest hotel near enough to her job at the European Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, where she and Sylvie work as translators. He says only that he read about Charles Lampert's death in the newspapers and came to be of help. Reggie goes home, for what it's worth, and stands in the dark, smoking a cigarette, when "Peter Joshua" arrives. Of these, Reggie recognizes only the Swiss passport. Grandpierre gives back to Reggie all the items that Charles had on him: one wallet containing 4,000 francs, one pocket appointment book listing his last appointment (for the day before, 5:00 p.m., Jardin des Champs-Ëlysées), one steamship ticket, one letter (stamped but not sealed, addressed to Reggie contents unremarkable), one key to the apartment, one pocket comb, one toothbrush, one tin of tooth powder-and, more incredibly still, four passports, one each Swiss, American, Italian, and Chilean, each under a different name. The problem: the authorities in Bordeaux did not find the money. The authorities also know that, two days ago, Charles had sold everything in the apartment at public auction. ![]() He tells her that the authorities found Charles' body near the railroad tracks, and that he had a steamship ticket to Venezuela on him when he died. Grandpierre continues the interview in his office. There Reggie identifies a dead man (in fact it's the man who fell off the Paris-Bordeaux train in his PJs) as her husband. Grandpierre asks her to come with him to the Prefecture-and specifically to the Paris Morgue. After she opens cabinet after cabinet, finding them all empty, she starts to rush out-and runs pell-mell into Inspector Edouard Grandpierre (Jacques Marin) of the Police Judiciare. Reggie arrives home-only to discover that her apartment is totally empty, and even the maid is gone-along with every stitch of clothing, every piece of furniture, and even the rugs. The two agree to reconnect when they each return to Paris. Reggie flirts with him almost outrageously, and "Peter Joshua" plays along. As Sylvie takes Jean-Louis back to apologize to the Rothschilds, the mystery man, giving his name out as Peter Joshua, strikes up a conversation with Reggie. Just then a dapper gentleman (Cary Grant) approaches, with Jean-Louis in tow, saying that Jean-Louis was throwing snowballs at Baron Rothschild. Sylvie, a "modern woman" to the core, suggests that Reggie simply have affairs on her husband's money, but Reggie doesn't think that way. The two stroll through the resort as Reggie says that she is frustrated with Charles' incessant secrecy and lies. The answer: Reggie has decided to divorce her husband, Charles. Noting the table full of food, Sylvie asks Reggie what's wrong. "Don't tell me," says Reggie, "you didn't know it was loaded." She calls out for her friend, Sylvie Gaudet (Dominique Minot), who sends the boy to find some other place to play while she helps Reggie to dry off. Taking off her glasses, Regina looks at young Jean-Louis Gaudet (Thomas Chelimsky), age 8, who suddenly looks very guilty. ![]() The hand pulls the trigger-and out shoots a harmless water jet that sprays all over her face. She is totally oblivious as an automatic pistol, held by a gloved hand, takes direct aim at her. Before her is food sufficient for three adults, not just one. The scene shifts to Mégève, the premier ski resort in the French Alps, where Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) is sitting at a table on a platform overlooking the mountain. The Paris-Bordeaux express speeds through the French countryside-and suddenly a dead man, clad only in pajamas and a bathrobe, tumbles off the train and down an embankment.
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