Tales of the City (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.6 (1993)

Stanley DeSantis: Norman Neal Williams

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• Norman Neal Williams : [answering a phone]  Hello?

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  Mr. Williams?

  Norman Neal Williams : I hope this is important.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  Well... I was just wondering how it was going.

  Norman Neal Williams : Look, I told you not to call me here. I gave you the number of my answering service.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  Mr. Williams, I left three messages at your answering service in the past two days...

  Norman Neal Williams : Do you think you're my only client?

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  Of course not.

  Norman Neal Williams : You're perfectly free to find another man, if you want. I'm also currently working on finding three missing husbands, plus the runaway kid from Denver, and more guys messing around with their wives than I can count. You're paying me by the job, not by the hour.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  I know. I have utmost confidence in you.

  Norman Neal Williams : You could have blown my cover by calling me here. I've got no privacy in this cracker box. There could have been someone sitting two feet away from me who could have figured...

  Woman on Phone : [voice] 

  [interrupting] 

  Woman on Phone : I know. I'm sorry. I just wanted to know if you could tell me if you found out anything? About the woman who runs that boarding house?

  Norman Neal Williams : Anna Madrigal? Yes, I think she's the one.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  Oh my God...

  Norman Neal Williams : I have to go slow. It's ticklish. People are sticky about their privacy out here.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  Of course. I understand.

  Norman Neal Williams : It should be all wrapped up in a matter of weeks.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  I hope you understand why I'm getting a little impatient...

  Norman Neal Williams : [interrupting]  Look at it this way. You've waited nearly 30 years already. Another month won't kill you.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  I thought you said you could solve this in two weeks.

  Norman Neal Williams : Mrs. Ramsey!

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  All right. I know all about Mona. She's my daughter. What about the name of that woman, Anna Madrigal?

  Norman Neal Williams : Phony. I think it's an anagram.

  Woman on Phone : [voice]  You mean it spells... ?

  Norman Neal Williams : We'll see what it spells!

  [Norman hangs up]