Mannix (TV Series)
Search for a Whisper (1973)
Noam Pitlik: Eddie Hayes
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Ada Lee Hayes : [opening the door to her apartment] I was Ada Lee Rennick. It's Mrs. Hayes now.
Joe Mannix : Mr. Hayes, uh, do you remember Adam Langer?
Ada Lee Hayes : Adam Langer?
[chuckles]
Ada Lee Hayes : Of course I remember him.
Joe Mannix : Well, I'm doing a magazine article about him. May I come in?
Ada Lee Hayes : Of course. Um, come in, Mister...
Joe Mannix : Mannix.
Ada Lee Hayes : Mm-hmm.
Joe Mannix : Thank you.
[walks into Hayes' apartment]
Joe Mannix : How well did you know Adam Langer?
Ada Lee Hayes : Fairly well.
[closes the door to a room]
Ada Lee Hayes : My husband's a little jealous.
Joe Mannix : Yeah, I can understand.
Ada Lee Hayes : Please sit down.
Joe Mannix : Thank you. Uh... how did you first meet Adam?
Ada Lee Hayes : Oh, well, every pretty girl on campus knew Adam. He saw to that. We were engaged.
Joe Mannix : You beat the competition?
Ada Lee Hayes : Oh...
[chuckles]
Ada Lee Hayes : ... aren't you nice? Would like chocolate?
Joe Mannix : Uh, no thank you.
Eddie Hayes : [walking out of the bedroom] Hey, hon, have you...
[sees Joe]
Eddie Hayes : What's going on here?
Ada Lee Hayes : He's a magazine writer, Eddie.
Joe Mannix : I'm doing research on someone Mrs. Hayes went to school with.
Eddie Hayes : Like who?
Joe Mannix : Adam Langer.
Eddie Hayes : Well, she's got nothing to tell you.
[pauses]
Eddie Hayes : Get rid of him. I'm hungry.
Ada Lee Hayes : All right, Eddie.
[turns to Joe]
Ada Lee Hayes : I'm sorry.
Joe Mannix : That's quite all right. Oh, Mrs. Hayes, uh, how did you and Adam become unengaged?
Ada Lee Hayes : Well, it-it just ended. You know, college romances.
Joe Mannix : But you remained friends?
Ada Lee Hayes : I've never forgotten Adam. And to tell you the truth, I don't think I ever will.
Joe Mannix : Well, could you tell me what Adam was like, who his friends were? It's very important.
Eddie Hayes : [calling from the bedrrom] Is he gone?
Ada Lee Hayes : Yes, Hon.
Eddie Hayes : How about lunch?
Ada Lee Hayes : Coming right up. Just a minute.
[she and Joe walk right outside the apartment door]
Ada Lee Hayes : [lowering her voice] I'll tell you how Adam and I really broke up. He, uh...
[exhales]
Ada Lee Hayes : he lost his head over some sweet young thing from Chicago. Friends introduced them at a dance one night, and uh...
[sighs]
Ada Lee Hayes : ... well, the next thing I knew, he called to tell me that, uh, he was going off to see her, and... he hoped there wouldn't be any hard feelings.
Joe Mannix : Mm. Do you, uh, remember her name?
Ada Lee Hayes : Oh, yes. It's not likely I'd forget that name. Barbara Pearson.
[pause]
Ada Lee Hayes : Funny. He, uh, never married her. Well... I guess that's the way things go, huh?
Joe Mannix : Yeah.