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00:01:28 The Biblical injunction 'Thou shalt not kill'
00:01:32 is one that requires qualification...
00:01:34 ...in view of our broader knowledge
00:01:39 The various legal categories
00:01:45 the various degrees of homicide,
00:01:49 are civilized recognitions of impulses
00:01:56 The man who kills in self defense,
00:01:59 ...by the same standards
00:02:14 So, what are you doing tonight?
00:02:16 I'm having dinner with Lalor
00:02:18 Well, I just don't want you to stay cooped
00:02:22 I won't, I promise you. I'll get out.
00:02:24 All right, dear. I should think you would
00:02:27 But once you get your nose into a book...
00:02:29 Mama, they're going.
00:02:32 Goodbye, darling.
00:02:36 So am I, but you have a good time.
00:02:39 Will you miss me?
00:02:40 Every minute of the day.
00:02:44 Mama.
00:02:46 Kiss Daddy goodbye.
00:02:49 Goodbye, you little brats.
00:02:52 So long, Pops.
00:02:54 And mind Mother. Both of you.
00:02:55 Yes sir.
00:02:58 Yes, I will, dear.
00:03:14 MAN: New York Telegram, World Post.
00:03:31 Frank.
00:03:32 Look.
00:03:46 Flirting with our sweetheart?
00:03:49 How are you, Frank?
00:03:50 Who is she?
00:03:52 But we've decided she's our dream girl
00:03:55 That's right. We saw her first.
00:03:57 Well, it's an extraordinary portrait.
00:03:59 Extraordinary woman too, I bet.
00:04:09 (MICHAEL LAUGHING)
00:04:11 Well, what's the program now, huh?
00:04:14 Stork Club? Billy Rose's?
00:04:17 Well, I hate to disappoint you, gentlemen,
00:04:22 ...is one cigar, another
00:04:26 I have a lecture at 9:00 tomorrow morning,
00:04:28 and I expect to deliver it without sport.
00:04:30 Do you mean to sit there and tell us
00:04:32 ...of your summer bachelorhood,
00:04:33 you're not even going
00:04:35 No, but if one of the young ladies
00:04:40 ...and perform about there.
00:04:43 I'll only be too happy to watch.
00:04:45 Incredible.
00:04:49 It's outraging tradition.
00:04:51 Well, look, I'm a middle-aged man.
00:04:54 We are three old crocks.
00:04:57 Just a minute.
00:04:58 I don't know if I like being described
00:05:02 No, Michael, he's right, I'm afraid.
00:05:04 And it's a darn good thing too.
00:05:06 I didn't say that.
00:05:09 'Cause I don't know that it is.
00:05:11 All I know is that I hate it.
00:05:13 I hate this solidity,
00:05:17 To me it's the end of the brightness of life,
00:05:21 Don't talk like that.
00:05:23 Men of our years have no business
00:05:25 ...with any adventure that they can avoid.
00:05:28 We're like athletes who are out of condition.
00:05:30 We can't handle that sort of thing anymore.
00:05:32 Life ends at 40?
00:05:34 In the district attorney's office,
00:05:36 we see what happens to middle-aged men
00:05:41 And I'm not joking when I tell you
00:05:44 ...issuing directly out of pure carelessness,
00:05:48 Casual impulse, an idle flirtation,
00:05:53 How many is that?
00:05:55 Third, isn't it?
00:05:58 He's a strictly two-drink man,
00:06:01 I'm sorry if I sound stuffy.
00:06:03 But trouble starts, too, from little things,
00:06:05 often from some forgotten
00:06:08 Yes, but I have a date for an idle flirtation
00:06:12 ...that we worked out.
00:06:14 Tomorrow night?
00:06:15 Very good.
00:06:17 The three of us,
00:06:19 Fine, that's a good idea.
00:06:21 I think I'll roll along with you.
00:06:23 Maybe Lana can dig up
00:06:26 Well, what about me?
00:06:28 Do you think it quite
00:06:29 ...in this somewhat
00:06:31 No, no. You'll be all right, I'm sure.
00:06:32 Just you run along to bed like
00:06:35 He's much too old for the sort of thing
00:06:39 Now, be good.
00:06:41 Dick, I really would like...
00:06:44 You know, I don't agree with a word
00:06:46 But the disagreement is purely academic.
00:06:48 You know, that's exactly my complaint.
00:06:50 The flesh is still strong
00:06:54 Good.
00:06:55 You know, even if the spirit of adventure
00:06:59 even in the form of that alluring
00:07:03 I'm afraid that all I'll do is
00:07:05 mutter something idiotic
00:07:07 Not before you got her number, I hope.
00:07:10 Probably.
00:07:13 Good night.
00:07:15 You're safe, I guess. Good night, Dick.
00:08:30 Oh, thank you.
00:08:38 Would you be good enough to remind me
00:08:41 Yes, sir.
00:08:43 Sometimes I'm inclined
00:08:45 I'll remind you, sir.
00:08:47 Thank you, sir.
00:09:03 COLLINS: It's 10:30, Professor Wanley.
00:09:06 It's 10:30, sir.
00:09:12 Would you mind
00:09:14 Yes, sir.
00:09:30 My hat, please.
00:10:25 I... I couldn't have drunk that much.
00:10:28 You did pose for it, didn't you?
00:10:31 Well, then my admiration
00:10:34 It's not only a good painting, it's also you.
00:10:36 You know that so quickly?
00:10:38 I don't know it. I only know that if
00:10:41 I would be very happy about it.
00:10:43 Is it yours?
00:10:46 Then I wouldn't have to come over here
00:10:50 Is that what you do?
00:10:55 Tonight?
00:10:58 I don't like to be.
00:11:00 Well, did you watch my face?
00:11:03 Oh, yes.
00:11:04 Did I react properly? Normally?
00:11:08 Well, there are two general reactions.
00:11:11 One is a kind of solemn stare
00:11:16 And the other?
00:11:18 The other is a long, low whistle.
00:11:22 What was mine?
00:11:24 I'm not sure.
00:11:25 But I suspect, in another moment or two,
00:11:27 you might have given
00:11:33 Well, that rather embarrasses me.
00:11:36 Oh, it shouldn't.
00:11:37 I regard it as
00:11:40 ...because you don't look to me like a man
00:11:45 Oh, no, no. It's not that exactly,
00:11:48 but if my admiration was that obvious,
00:11:53 May I help you?
00:11:56 I'm not married, I have no designs on you,
00:12:02 Is that right?
00:12:05 Thank you very much.
00:12:14 What's so funny?
00:12:15 Well, I had dinner
00:12:18 We discussed your portrait
00:12:23 I'm thinking of their faces tomorrow night
00:12:26 Sitting and chatting over a drink
00:12:30 Would you like to see
00:12:33 I would indeed.
00:12:35 I'd like it very much.
00:12:37 Then, when you've finished your drink,
00:12:40 ...and I'll show them to you.
00:12:41 They're just sketches
00:12:45 They're of me, of course.
00:12:48 A little late, isn't it?
00:12:49 Is that late? 11:00?
00:12:53 I don't think I should.
00:12:56 You don't think you should?
00:12:59 I was warned.
00:13:01 You mean, you're afraid? Of me?
00:13:04 No, no, no. It's not that, but...
00:13:07 I was warned against
00:13:12 ...at my age.
00:13:13 I should never have stopped to talk
00:13:15 I should never, never have come here
00:13:20 Never?
00:13:46 Come in.
00:14:17 May I have your hat?
00:14:20 Make yourself at home.
00:14:23 I'll be right back.
00:14:54 (DOOR OPENS)
00:15:02 Clemens, who did the one in the window,
00:15:04 Just sketches, but nice, I think.
00:15:13 Beautiful.
00:15:19 Let's have another.
00:15:23 I should say no, I know,
00:15:25 but I haven't the slightest intention
00:15:27 I should say not.
00:15:30 This is much too pleasant to break up.
00:15:53 Ouch.
00:15:56 No, but the wire broke.
00:15:58 Have you something to cut it with?
00:16:00 Scissors all right?
00:16:12 Who are you?
00:16:14 My name is...
00:16:17 Frank, God. Listen.
00:16:18 I told you, if you ever...
00:16:20 Stop that, you fool.
00:16:25 Frank. Frank. Stop.
00:16:30 Stop. Frank.
00:16:57 Is...
00:16:59 Is he...
00:17:19 What...
00:17:22 What are we going to do?
00:17:27 I don't know.
00:17:31 Call the police, I suppose.
00:17:44 What was his name?
00:17:47 Howard.
00:17:50 Frank Howard.
00:17:53 That's what he told me.
00:17:57 Don't you think it was?
00:18:00 I don't know.
00:18:03 I don't think so, but I don't know.
00:18:07 He never told me anything else.
00:18:11 Where he lived, what he did,
00:18:14 anything.
00:18:17 I saw him two or three times
00:18:21 He never took me out to dinner
00:18:28 What... What are you...
00:18:31 Where's the telephone?
00:18:34 In the bedroom.
00:19:22 WOMAN: Operator.
00:19:23 Operator, get me...
00:19:27 Operator. Operator.
00:19:42 You say nobody has ever
00:19:49 We've never been out together.
00:19:50 When you met him?
00:19:53 That was on a train.
00:19:56 Why?
00:19:58 Who knows at all about you and him?
00:20:03 Unless he told someone,
00:20:06 which I doubt,
00:20:08 nobody.
00:20:10 You've never mentioned him to anybody?
00:20:13 Not his name.
00:20:16 Not even the name he gave me.
00:20:20 Do you think there's something we can do?
00:20:23 I was just wondering.
00:20:25 I was wondering if anybody could have
00:20:28 I'm sure not.
00:20:30 He wouldn't even get out of the cab
00:20:34 Do you think there's something we can do?
00:20:35 Do you? I don't want to go to jail.
00:20:37 Try to keep calm. Please.
00:20:40 Let's think about it a minute.
00:20:42 They'll never believe us, you know.
00:20:43 No, I'm afraid they won't, but even if
00:20:47 They'll say we can make up
00:20:50 Who else saw it?
00:20:52 They'll make it some kind of murder,
00:20:53 Please.
00:21:04 I have no feeling about him.
00:21:09 He was trying to kill me,
00:21:11 If I hadn't killed him, he'd have killed me.
00:21:13 If you hadn't given me the scissors,
00:21:16 But whatever they believe.
00:21:19 I'm ruined, my whole life.
00:21:21 You were thinking of something.
00:21:24 What was it?
00:21:25 I was wondering
00:21:28 something pretty dangerous...
00:21:30 ...that would shut the door on us
00:21:34 Anything you say.
00:21:36 I don't want to go to jail. I don't.
00:21:38 It's this.
00:21:39 If nobody knows about you,
00:21:42 if nobody saw him coming in here tonight,
00:21:45 how could either of us
00:21:47 ...if his body were found
00:21:50 But how?
00:21:55 I'd have to go and get my car.
00:22:00 I'll park it directly in front of the door.
00:22:02 And then we'll pick our moment.
00:22:04 You'll watch while I carry it out
00:22:07 And then I'll dump it
00:22:10 It'll be found of course, sooner or later,
00:22:12 but maybe not for a week.
00:22:13 You mean, you'll go for your car
00:22:17 Would you be afraid?
00:22:20 If you got out of here,
00:22:24 I like you. I think you're all right,
00:22:29 And I don't think there's
00:22:30 ...that wouldn't get out of a mess like this
00:22:32 Oh, we mustn't quarrel.
00:22:34 If we do that, we're lost, both of us.
00:22:37 Why can't I go with you?
00:22:40 Well...
00:22:42 I'm hoping we can get ourselves
00:22:46 But there's one condition.
00:22:47 I won't tell you my name, what I do,
00:22:50 because then you'd know where I live.
00:22:53 But if we're successful tonight,
00:22:59 I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:23:02 You leave something here.
00:23:06 Leave your vest with me.
00:23:09 That would be a clue
00:23:13 Well, that's fair enough.
00:23:35 There's almost no blood outside,
00:23:46 Have you a dark blanket
00:23:49 I have one.
00:24:31 The trouble is, I have no idea
00:24:37 A great deal, I'm sure.
00:24:40 I've read of things little short
00:24:43 as well as the FBI,
00:24:48 1:15.
00:24:50 I'll have to take the subway,
00:24:51 so I probably won't be able to make it
00:24:55 Maybe an hour.
00:24:56 But even if I'm longer than that,
00:24:58 Don't get panicky and call the police,
00:24:59 because I promise you I'll be back.
00:25:02 2:15.
00:25:05 Now, look outside, will you?
00:25:20 Nobody.
00:25:25 Keep your nerve. We'll make it.
00:26:13 I'd like my car, please.
00:26:14 Yes, sir.
00:26:18 Hey, Charlie.
00:26:20 Professor Wanley's car.
00:26:23 Kind of late for you, isn't it?
00:26:27 Hey, you know Mr. Warne in your building?
00:26:28 Yes.
00:26:29 4:00 Sunday morning, he got in.
00:26:37 Better get them brakes adjusted,
00:26:41 I will.
00:26:49 (SIREN BLARING)
00:26:56 Pull over to the curb.
00:27:15 Don't you ever turn your lights on at night?
00:27:18 I'm sorry, I thought the garage man
00:27:21 Let's see your driver's license.
00:27:28 Wanley, huh? What's that, Polish?
00:27:30 No, it's American.
00:27:39 I have a letter here
00:27:45 Professor, huh?
00:27:49 Okay, but watch those lights from now on.
00:28:29 (DOOR TAPPING)...
00:28:39 Everything all right?
00:28:41 The name on the mail box is Reed,
00:28:43 in case you have to come again.
00:28:44 Well, if we're lucky, I don't think
00:28:48 Is that the blanket?
00:28:50 First, I imagine we've got to get rid of
00:28:54 I've already done that.
00:28:57 You searched him?
00:29:19 No letters or anything with a name on it?
00:29:23 No. But...
00:29:26 RICHARD: 'C.M.'
00:29:28 He told me Frank Howard.
00:29:31 All right, tie it all up...
00:29:34 ...and tomorrow get on one of the ferries,
00:29:35 not during a rush hour,
00:29:38 And be very careful that you aren't seen.
00:29:42 You might as well keep it.
00:29:45 What about the watch?
00:29:47 Otherwise we might as well
00:29:52 We can't afford to overlook one detail.
00:29:54 We've got to think of everything in advance.
00:29:56 Remember that.
00:29:59 How about this rug?
00:30:01 There's only a little spot.
00:30:03 Well, do it very thoroughly, will you?
00:30:05 I've read of laboratory tests
00:30:08 ...that the naked eye could never see.
00:30:09 I can clean it.
00:30:10 And the scissors, you better boil them.
00:30:12 Something might be left
00:30:14 All right.
00:30:18 His hat.
00:30:21 Help me with the table.
00:30:25 Now, when I leave here, I want you
00:30:29 Wash these glasses,
00:30:31 Get rid of these bottles.
00:30:34 There mustn't be one sign left
00:30:37 Him, me or anybody else.
00:30:39 Give me that paper.
00:30:49 I'll give you the blanket back
00:30:54 They'll examine it very carefully too.
00:30:56 I'll clean everything. I won't go to bed
00:31:05 Now, put out the lights.
00:31:21 Go out and see.
00:32:15 All clear.
00:33:14 (THUNDER CRACKING)
00:34:31 Thank you.
00:34:34 I won't see you again, I suppose.
00:34:37 For both our sakes, I hope this ends
00:34:42 All right then, goodbye.
00:34:45 Goodbye.
00:35:35 Hey, come back here.
00:35:47 What was it? A dime?
00:35:56 Well, it couldn't have gone far.
00:35:58 That's all right.
00:36:04 Thanks. Hey, this is a penny.
00:36:09 Sorry.
00:36:14 Well, thanks for the dime if I find it.
00:40:17 Excellent port, that.
00:40:20 William, check please.
00:40:25 This is mine tonight.
00:40:30 Did Frank say what kept him?
00:40:32 Something important, I imagine.
00:40:35 Well, I can't quite picture Frank excited.
00:40:47 Here you are, sir.
00:40:53 Thank you, sir.
00:40:54 Coffee in the lounge.
00:40:56 He was talking
00:40:59 Ah, there he is.
00:41:03 Well, shall we go back?
00:41:05 No, I'm not going to eat now.
00:41:08 How are you, Richard?
00:41:14 FRANK: Come inside,
00:41:17 Oh, Collins, get me an Old Fashioned,
00:41:18 Yes, sir.
00:41:19 Let's go over here.
00:41:24 Very.
00:41:26 But confidential for the moment.
00:41:30 Claude Mazard?
00:41:32 MICHAEL: But how do you
00:41:35 Exactly what the word means.
00:41:37 He left Washington yesterday afternoon,
00:41:40 ...and from there he's literally disappeared.
00:41:43 (MICHAEL WHISTLES)...
00:41:44 Is that the promoter?
00:41:50 When a promoter has promoted a colossus
00:41:54 he's no longer a promoter, he's a financier.
00:41:57 Oh, yes, yes, of course. I remember now.
00:42:06 No, not for me.
00:42:12 Going to wait until midnight
00:42:14 But if he hasn't checked in by then,
00:42:16 we'll give it to the papers
00:42:18 The market?
00:42:20 What did he look like? Or rather, I mean...
00:42:25 What sort of fellow was he?
00:42:29 He was a patient of mine for a while.
00:42:31 Nerves, blood pressure.
00:42:33 He had the most ungovernable temper
00:42:35 He had no idea how pleased I was when
00:42:41 Well, just because a man doesn't show up
00:42:44 I see no reason to assume
00:42:48 I didn't say he was murdered.
00:42:54 ATTENDANT: Mr. Lalor. Oh, Mr. Lalor.
00:43:00 Telephone, Mr. Lalor.
00:43:07 I... I don't know why I said that.
00:43:10 I suppose it's because of his whole manner.
00:43:12 The way he talked
00:43:14 Violence of some kind.
00:43:18 He has an uncanny instinct
00:43:20 The old head goes up like a bird-dog's.
00:43:23 Yes, I can imagine he'd
00:43:25 ...once he got the scent.
00:43:27 You bet.
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00:44:41 ...of the gastric juices so carefully...
00:44:43 ...that heart burn, acid stomach,
00:44:46 ...resulting from over indulgence
00:44:48 ...can blight a person's
00:44:50 But why suffer when Castola Rex,
00:44:52 Mother Nature's own helping hand,
00:44:56 Try it today and everyday.
00:44:59 The police have just announced...
00:45:00 ...the mysterious disappearance
00:45:02 ...founder of the fabulous public utilities
00:45:07 ...under circumstances indicating foul play.
00:45:09 At the same time,
00:45:11 ...have offered a reward of $10,000...
00:45:13 ...for any information
00:45:15 dead or alive.
00:45:17 After checking a briefcase...
00:45:18 ...at Pennsylvania Station
00:46:01 I was practicing woodcraft in the woods...
00:46:03 ...just off the Bronx
00:46:07 ...when I found Mr. Mazard's remains.
00:46:10 No, I was not scared.
00:46:14 If I get the reward,
00:46:15 I will send my younger brother
00:46:18 ...and I will go to Harvard.
00:46:25 I think we can be pretty confident
00:46:28 Looks easy to you?
00:46:32 Plenty of clues, eh?
00:46:34 And the circumstances add up, so far.
00:46:36 For instance,
00:46:38 He was killed somewhere else...
00:46:39 ...and the body taken
00:46:41 How do you know that?
00:46:45 That's as good as a fingerprint,
00:46:48 But how do you know
00:46:50 FRANK: Footprints in the same soft ground
00:46:53 Deep prints
00:46:54 carrying something heavy.
00:46:58 Not much question as to that, is there?
00:47:01 No, I suppose not.
00:47:03 We got photographs
00:47:06 While that doesn't help us to name a man,
00:47:07 once we've lined up on a suspect,
00:47:11 Especially the shoe prints.
00:47:15 How's that?
00:47:17 Well, the print of new shoes
00:47:19 but these were well-worn shoes,
00:47:22 we can learn a great deal
00:47:25 length of stride,
00:47:28 Could you tell that from these?
00:47:31 The man weighs
00:47:34 wears an eight shoe and is probably
00:47:37 You're rather guessing at that last,
00:47:39 No.
00:47:41 The shoes have been half-soled.
00:47:43 We have a number of bits of evidence
00:47:45 But the trouble with them, as you say,
00:47:47 They only offer checks,
00:47:50 Do you know that too?
00:47:54 The keen-eyed Inspector Jackson...
00:47:56 ...found some on a wire fence
00:47:59 He probably scratched his hand
00:48:01 Yes, but a trace like that
00:48:05 could that be enough to be of any use?
00:48:07 Did I say a barbed wire fence?
00:48:09 Didn't you?
00:48:13 Well, what other kind could a man
00:48:18 It was a barbed wire fence, of course.
00:48:20 I was only trying to impress you fellows
00:48:23 Can't a man get any credit
00:48:26 Then in that case, I'll give you
00:48:32 Does this suggest anything to you?
00:48:37 Yes. It suggests very strongly...
00:48:41 ...that you're eaten up with envy.
00:48:43 You see my name
00:48:45 so you make a desperate effort
00:48:48 ...by insinuating that
00:48:50 But it's no use, my boy.
00:48:53 Did you ever see such selfishness?
00:48:57 Did you put anything on it?
00:49:01 How did you do it?
00:49:05 Well, watch it.
00:49:09 FRANK: Would you like to hear exactly
00:49:11 Yes.
00:49:13 Well, come in the lounge.
00:49:16 Oh, thanks.
00:49:18 Good night, sir.
00:49:23 Coffee and cigars inside, Boris.
00:49:28 William, check in the lounge.
00:49:32 We got a line on a woman this afternoon.
00:49:33 Frank?
00:49:35 Hello, Mark.
00:49:36 May I see you for a moment?
00:49:39 I'll join you in a minute.
00:49:47 Great stuff knowing a district attorney.
00:49:50 Yes.
00:50:00 Frank's a very smart man.
00:50:06 You're a bit off your feet, aren't you?
00:50:12 Haven't been sleeping very well.
00:50:14 Missing the family, eh?
00:50:17 Yes, well,
00:50:20 You're not the absent-minded-professor
00:50:24 I've tried not to be.
00:50:26 Two a day is all right.
00:50:29 But I'd hate to think of you wandering
00:50:33 popping them into your mouth
00:50:37 Poison?
00:50:40 It's a gland concentrate.
00:50:42 Too much would hit the old heart
00:50:45 Instantly?
00:50:46 Well, a matter of 20 or 30 minutes
00:50:50 What's that?
00:50:53 It not only kills you
00:50:56 'Just a case of heart disease,'
00:50:58 I suppose there's no way of telling
00:51:01 ...you've disposed of in that way.
00:51:03 None whatever, so forget it.
00:51:06 You said they've located the woman.
00:51:09 Not quite.
00:51:13 Mazard, a bachelor, had a sweetheart.
00:51:15 His business associates
00:51:17 But who she is or where she lives,
00:51:19 Pretty nervous man in romance, it seems.
00:51:21 At any rate,
00:51:23 he went to call on her.
00:51:24 Either a man was already there
00:51:28 And this man the lady preferred
00:51:32 Why do they think that?
00:51:34 Well, otherwise,
00:51:35 she would have most likely done
00:51:38 This is just a theory, of course?
00:51:41 So they fought and Mazard was killed,
00:51:45 That's the medical examiner's belief,
00:51:47 Then in a panic, they loaded the body
00:51:50 and took it to the place where it was found.
00:51:53 Now these two people,
00:51:57 sit hating and fearing each other,
00:52:00 each wondering how long it'll be
00:52:03 ...and blabs out the whole story.
00:52:06 Always a woman, eh?
00:52:10 That, I said, was the theory this afternoon.
00:52:13 And what is it now?
00:52:17 Well, now it's anybody's guess.
00:52:22 ...that pulls the rug right out
00:52:24 Really?
00:52:26 It seems that Mazard's associates,
00:52:27 always afraid he'd get into trouble
00:52:29 had engaged a man, a bodyguard,
00:52:34 On that night, too?
00:52:37 We don't know
00:52:40 Then there's your murderer, isn't it?
00:52:45 Then why hasn't he shown up?
00:52:49 It's not that simple.
00:52:52 He might have tried to blackmail him
00:52:54 Or he might have witnessed the killing...
00:52:56 ...and is getting ready
00:52:58 But even if he's 100% innocent,
00:53:01 Why not?
00:53:02 Because he's hot. He's a known crook
00:53:05 That's why he was thrown off the force,
00:53:09 He's wanted for at least two other raps.
00:53:11 We'll get that gentleman
00:53:14 Nice fellow to pick for a bodyguard.
00:53:16 Oh, don't ask me why.
00:53:20 He's tough and strong, and I suppose
00:53:23 Anyway, I'm going up tomorrow morning...
00:53:24 ...to have a look over this place
00:53:26 Either of you fellows like to go with me?
00:53:28 Sorry, I wish I could,
00:53:30 Richard?
00:53:31 Oh, you go with him.
00:53:33 You've got no classes tomorrow,
00:53:34 Yes, I know, but...
00:53:36 He'll go. I'm his physician, I order him to.
00:53:39 It'll give you something to think about.
00:53:41 I'll pick you up at your apartment at 9:30.
00:53:46 Good. We'll try to show you
00:53:54 Richard?
00:54:02 This is quite an adventure for me.
00:54:05 Anything new?
00:54:10 Fred.
00:54:11 We're picking up Jackson at the toll gate.
00:54:20 District attorney's office.
00:54:25 FRANK: Any luck?
00:54:30 Fellows is not on duty.
00:54:34 Inspector Jackson, Professor Wanley.
00:54:36 How do you do, Inspector?
00:54:39 Excuse my left hand, I have a little cut.
00:54:41 Oh, yes. How's it coming?
00:54:46 How did you say you did it?
00:54:48 I was opening a can in the kitchen the
00:54:52 What was in the can? Poison ivy?
00:54:57 I'm... I'm afraid that was pure stupidity.
00:55:02 The next day
00:55:05 ...and evidently I got into some poison ivy.
00:55:08 You must have scratched it.
00:55:11 Well, it's an awful nuisance, I know that.
00:55:14 Is this your case, Inspector?
00:55:17 They're all his cases, all the tough ones.
00:55:19 Inspector Jackson is head
00:55:22 Oh.
00:55:24 Anything new since I left?
00:55:25 Well, we picked up
00:55:27 FRANK: Good. What's she got
00:55:29 JACKSON: Well, we'll see her
00:55:42 Inspector.
00:55:44 You know Mr. Lalor, don't you?
00:55:46 Very glad to see you, Mr. Lalor.
00:55:48 And this is Professor Wanley.
00:55:50 Captain Kennedy.
00:55:52 Pleased to meet you, Professor.
00:55:55 KENNED Y: Beck has her in the car.
00:55:56 FRANK: Well, let's go over this layout first.
00:55:58 All right, Inspector.
00:56:07 Now, here is where he parked his car.
00:56:10 The tire tracks are gone, of course,
00:56:14 They're Goodrich 716s,
00:56:19 standard equipment on two or three
00:56:22 The motorcycle officer on duty remembers
00:56:26 That may be worth keeping in mind.
00:56:29 Yes, the driver, a man. But he doubts
00:56:32 So I don't think
00:56:34 Well, anyway, he got the body here.
00:56:36 I'll show you.
00:56:39 We got casts of his shoes
00:56:43 Richard.
00:56:45 You're going to be the guide?
00:56:50 Am I going right?
00:56:53 As straight as an arrow. Professor, eh?
00:56:57 Say, you think we'd better look into this,
00:57:00 Well, that's very funny. I wasn't even
00:57:03 I was just thinking what the Inspector said.
00:57:05 That's all right, Richard, don't get excited.
00:57:07 We rarely arrest people
00:57:15 I don't imagine our killer
00:57:18 because the fence was too near the road
00:57:21 At any rate, he couldn't go much further
00:57:25 So he just dumped it over down there.
00:57:28 Now, there isn't anything
00:57:31 ...except you wanna keep
00:57:34 He tore his coat, probably his sleeve,
00:57:36 because we picked up
00:57:39 Couldn't have been from Mazard's clothes?
00:57:41 No, different material.
00:57:42 And we got a sample of blood
00:57:46 He certainly didn't pick himself an easy job.
00:57:48 Mazard weighed close to 200 pounds,
00:57:50 Yes, it must have been pretty tough going.
00:57:52 Yes, especially at night.
00:57:54 Well, yes, it may have been at night.
00:57:59 But I was thinking of it as early morning,
00:58:03 Well, I thought the paper said night.
00:58:06 Anything else, sir?
00:58:08 I can't think of anything else.
00:58:10 Well, why ask me?
00:58:12 I'm simply bowled over
00:58:15 ...the police have got out of
00:58:19 Well, it's hardly spectacular.
00:58:23 But there is one thing
00:58:25 ...that is really worthwhile, Professor.
00:58:27 What's that?
00:58:30 I imagine so.
00:58:33 Wanna see the woman?
00:58:38 What's that for?
00:58:42 Oh, I had one of the men
00:58:44 ...so you wouldn't brush against that bush.
00:58:46 It's poison ivy.
00:58:48 Well, too late to do me any good.
00:58:52 Looks as if you have
00:58:56 Closing in on me, huh?
00:59:00 If you'll only confess, Professor, we could
00:59:04 Well, not me. I'm afraid you'll have
00:59:08 There you go,
00:59:09 you've never any consideration
00:59:19 Let's have the woman.
00:59:21 All right?
00:59:35 If you don't mind,
00:59:38 I'm not feeling very well.
00:59:40 What's the matter, Richard?
00:59:42 Oh, no, no, no, not at all.
00:59:56 Well, if you need me...
00:59:58 No, no, you go right ahead.
01:00:49 Well, that's all.
01:00:52 We can go now.
01:00:53 Well, goodbye, Professor.
01:00:56 Thank you.
01:01:14 Well, what do you think?
01:01:16 The woman?
01:01:18 You think she's the one?
01:01:21 I don't know.
01:01:25 She's got something on her conscience.
01:01:27 But what woman hasn't?
01:01:30 Yes. Where did they find her?
01:01:33 Second-class hotel off Broadway.
01:01:38 I don't know.
01:01:42 He'd do better than that, I'm sure.
01:01:48 Cheap-looking?
01:01:50 Bottom of the barrel.
01:01:53 It's the bodyguard who is hot now,
01:02:07 (PHONE RINGING)
01:02:15 Hello?
01:02:20 How...
01:02:21 How did you find...
01:02:23 Have you seen the early editions?
01:02:27 No.
01:02:31 Congratulations.
01:02:36 Will you tell me what you mean?
01:02:38 Listen.
01:02:42 'Dr. George Felix Reynolds,
01:02:46 'yesterday announced the promotion
01:02:48 'to head of the Department of Psychology.'
01:02:51 Oh.
01:02:53 Oh, of course, I wasn't expecting it before.
01:02:56 Did I frighten you?
01:02:58 A bit.
01:03:00 Is everything all right?
01:03:05 I suppose so.
01:03:07 You've heard nothing from anybody?
01:03:10 Have you?
01:03:12 No.
01:03:13 Not so far.
01:03:15 Oh, I'm not worrying now.
01:03:18 I'm sure we're out of it.
01:03:20 Aren't you?
01:03:22 I hope so.
01:03:25 And I'm not going to bother you,
01:03:29 Oh, it's quite all right.
01:03:31 I'm rather glad that I've heard from you.
01:03:35 Good night and thank you.
01:03:37 Good night.
01:03:39 (INTERCOM BUZZING)...
01:03:46 Yes?
01:03:49 Who is this?
01:03:51 I wanna have a little talk with you...
01:03:53 ...about our friend Mr. Mazard.
01:04:07 I don't know you and I don't know
01:04:10 so beat it.
01:04:12 Listen, you don't want me to get tough,
01:04:14 I don't care how tough you get.
01:04:18 I'm not kidding, lady.
01:04:20 Either you open this door,
01:04:53 Well, will you say what you've got to say
01:04:56 Sure.
01:04:57 If you didn't hear it,
01:05:00 Another reward for $10,000
01:05:05 ...of the murderer of Claude Mazard.
01:05:07 You didn't hear it?
01:05:09 And if I had,
01:05:12 Now, if you're gonna start claiming
01:05:14 you can save your breath.
01:05:15 Because I've been tailing him for months,
01:05:18 and I've tailed him here many a time.
01:05:25 He's been here.
01:05:26 But not under that name.
01:05:28 I never knew anything about who he was
01:05:32 after he was killed.
01:05:34 So you're the one
01:05:38 Well, let's see if I am.
01:05:41 Don't mind
01:05:43 You bet I do.
01:05:44 I know nothing whatever about
01:05:46 And you've got no right to...
01:05:48 Take it easy, will you?
01:05:50 It's been in the papers that
01:05:53 And I'm telling you you're the only one.
01:05:56 But have you been to them
01:05:58 ...how you had nothing to do with it?
01:06:00 Of course not.
01:06:02 Oh, come now, Miss Reed.
01:06:26 What are you looking for?
01:06:27 I can't tell you till I find it.
01:06:34 I'd settle for some blood...
01:06:36 ...or a photograph.
01:06:40 Or a confession.
01:06:52 Or some hairs.
01:06:56 Any little thing like that.
01:07:00 Some brown, some black.
01:07:05 Mr. Mazard's was brown.
01:07:30 No.
01:07:42 All wiped clean, huh?
01:07:45 Pretty good housekeeper, I guess.
01:07:55 Yes, sir, clean as a whistle.
01:07:57 Not a finger mark anywhere.
01:08:01 Not even where
01:08:30 Could be, you know.
01:08:32 Those little stabs.
01:09:21 'R.W.'
01:09:25 That ain't Claude Mazard,
01:09:28 and it ain't Alice Reed.
01:09:31 And you had it hid, too.
01:09:36 What's his first name?
01:09:38 Robert?
01:09:39 Richard?
01:09:41 Oh, I'm getting warm, all right.
01:09:48 All right. What do you want?
01:09:52 Now you're talking.
01:09:55 I don't want to make trouble for anybody.
01:09:57 I can, of course, but I don't want to.
01:10:02 But the way I figure it,
01:10:04 you just don't want the police
01:10:07 Isn't that right?
01:10:09 Who does?
01:10:11 So I'll tell you how we can fix it.
01:10:13 There's a $10,000 reward out
01:10:18 But I don't see it that way.
01:10:20 The way I see it, if I got $5,000 from you,
01:10:24 that'd be the end of it,
01:10:27 Are you nuts?
01:10:30 I haven't got $5,000
01:10:33 so you may as well
01:10:35 ...and tell them whatever you wish.
01:10:36 Now, you don't want me
01:10:38 Mr. Mazard was a very rich man,
01:10:40 and you can't tell me
01:10:43 And don't forget,
01:10:45 you'll be a lot better off dealing with me
01:10:57 You don't want to go to the chair, do you?
01:11:00 I want you out of here.
01:11:02 That's all I want.
01:11:04 I've a pin and bracelet he gave me
01:11:07 Will you take them and get out of here?
01:11:09 No, ma'am. Nothing like that.
01:11:12 Nothing but cash.
01:11:14 Five grand.
01:11:16 Cash.
01:11:19 As a matter of fact, you're simply bluffing.
01:11:22 If you can get $10,000 from the police,
01:11:25 why would you be satisfied
01:11:31 What if I told you to just get out of here
01:11:36 You want to take a chance on that?
01:11:43 You see, honey, you did it,
01:11:46 Otherwise, you wouldn't even
01:11:49 If you had been in the clear,
01:11:51 ...the minute I walked in. I know that.
01:11:54 So you gotta look at it my way,
01:11:58 I have to think it over.
01:11:59 I have to have some time.
01:12:02 That's okay, I'm not pushing you.
01:12:04 Take tonight and tomorrow.
01:12:08 See the guy, explain it to him.
01:12:11 And I'll be back here tomorrow night
01:12:15 Cash.
01:12:18 But don't try to run away
01:12:21 because I'll be keeping an eye
01:12:25 Good night, and don't fret.
01:12:27 You get the money
01:13:04 Something's happened.
01:13:10 What else did he find?
01:13:13 Your pencil.
01:13:16 I kept it because...
01:13:19 Because I wasn't sure of you then.
01:13:22 I wanted something.
01:13:24 Oh, well, it's done now.
01:13:27 Are you angry with me?
01:13:30 No, I can't think of anything else
01:13:34 I don't expect you to pay all the money.
01:13:36 I have a little and I can raise
01:13:39 and some other things Mr. Mazard gave me.
01:13:42 You're very fair, Alice. Quite generous.
01:13:45 It's worth it to get rid of him.
01:13:47 Well, paying him $5,000
01:13:50 That's just the first installment.
01:13:53 If we pay him once,
01:13:57 But we've got to, haven't we?
01:13:58 If we don't, he'll set the cops on us.
01:14:01 So am I. That's what blackmail means.
01:14:04 You pay or the blow falls.
01:14:07 What can we do?
01:14:09 There are only three ways
01:14:14 You can pay him and pay him and pay him
01:14:18 Or you can call the police yourself...
01:14:23 ...and let your secret
01:14:30 Or you can kill him.
01:14:40 Good evening.
01:14:44 Will this take long?
01:14:46 I have it ready in powders.
01:14:48 Will that be all right?
01:14:50 Same dosage.
01:15:13 You needn't wrap it.
01:15:17 How much?
01:15:19 If you got any children, you better not
01:15:23 I won't.
01:15:45 Up.
01:16:06 Sorry.
01:16:17 Down.
01:16:32 Were you followed? Do you know?
01:16:34 I don't think so.
01:16:36 Yes, but there wasn't anybody, I'm sure.
01:16:39 Is it the police?
01:16:43 If you want to play,
01:16:49 If you do your homework
01:16:51 Mom.
01:16:55 Down.
01:17:00 I give you my word of honor...
01:17:01 ...that there isn't a thing
01:17:04 Believe me, please.
01:17:08 There's $5,000 in that package,
01:17:13 don't let him have but part of it.
01:17:15 Tell him that's all you could get today,
01:17:16 that he'll have to come back sometime
01:17:19 Do you understand?
01:17:23 What about the...
01:17:26 That's in there, too. It's a powder.
01:17:29 But you needn't worry about his seeing it
01:17:34 How much?
01:17:38 I don't know what else we can do, Alice.
01:17:41 But if you don't think
01:17:44 we'll try and think out another plan.
01:17:47 There's nothing else we can do.
01:17:50 I know that.
01:17:53 How soon does it work?
01:17:57 It takes effect, I'm told,
01:18:01 So you better make sure
01:18:06 All right.
01:18:10 You better go now.
01:18:14 Wish me luck.
01:18:17 Good luck.
01:18:19 If you lose your nerve,
01:18:21 We'll find another way.
01:18:23 I won't lose my nerve.
01:18:53 (INTERCOM BUZZING)...
01:18:59 Miss Reed?
01:19:01 It's me, open up.
01:19:14 Who else you got here?
01:19:50 I didn't know but what
01:19:52 No.
01:19:54 Pretty dolled up, huh? Is that for me?
01:19:58 I'm glad if you like it, of course.
01:20:01 That Mazard knew
01:20:07 Will you sit down for a minute?
01:20:09 Sure, but make it short, will you?
01:20:15 $5,000 is a lot of money.
01:20:17 It's a lot for me anyhow and I haven't been
01:20:21 And what am I supposed to do about that?
01:20:25 I only want you to be reasonable,
01:20:27 I want you to give me a little more time.
01:20:29 How much have you got?
01:20:32 $2,900.
01:20:36 That's what I thought.
01:20:40 That's the kind of a figure, I'd say,
01:20:45 Not too little, not too big.
01:20:48 Don't you believe me?
01:20:53 Let's have it.
01:20:55 Come on.
01:21:01 I can get the rest by tomorrow night,
01:21:06 Who told you to say all this?
01:21:08 Nobody.
01:21:10 Nobody, huh?
01:21:12 Is it all right?
01:21:15 You're pretty cute, you know that?
01:21:18 Is it all right?
01:21:19 Well, what else can I do
01:21:25 I think I need a drink.
01:21:28 Would you like one?
01:21:30 I'm going to have a scotch and soda.
01:22:04 Where's the boyfriend all this time?
01:22:08 There isn't any boyfriend.
01:22:11 I told you that.
01:22:18 You don't believe a thing I say, do you?
01:22:23 I'm just naturally
01:22:33 What kind of a guy is he, anyway,
01:22:35 shoving a nice kid like you out in front?
01:22:38 What's the use of
01:22:46 So all right.
01:22:47 If everything's so kosher,
01:22:49 what are you giving me this dough for?
01:22:52 Just because you like me?
01:22:55 I'm giving it to you because I don't want
01:22:58 Not because I had anything to do with it.
01:23:01 But because in my position,
01:23:02 you can't tell what they'll try to hang on me.
01:23:17 How would you like
01:23:20 What do you mean?
01:23:23 Get out of it, completely.
01:23:26 How?
01:23:28 Go away with me.
01:23:34 Think about it for a minute.
01:23:37 I don't have to think about it.
01:23:39 I'm not such a bad guy, you know.
01:23:42 I didn't say you were.
01:23:44 But what's more important,
01:23:46 outside of this boyfriend
01:23:49 I'm the only person in the whole world
01:23:58 Think about it that way for a minute.
01:24:28 From Havana,
01:24:31 And that's all there is to it.
01:24:37 Lf I thought...
01:24:40 If you thought what?
01:24:43 Have you any more money than that?
01:24:47 Keep it.
01:24:51 Take a look in the mirror, beautiful,
01:24:54 don't be a sucker.
01:24:56 In a jam like this,
01:25:00 I suppose so.
01:25:02 Do you think he'd think of you
01:25:07 When would we leave?
01:25:09 Tomorrow morning?
01:25:11 Tonight would be better.
01:25:13 Would it make a great deal of difference?
01:25:15 Not if it's positive for tomorrow morning.
01:25:17 I'll have to do some phoning.
01:25:18 I can't have some people I know
01:25:21 ...and getting excited
01:25:23 Yeah, you'll have to watch that.
01:25:24 I'll have to think of
01:25:26 Is it a deal then?
01:25:30 I guess so.
01:25:32 I guess it is.
01:25:34 All right, give me a kiss.
01:25:42 You're not still worried, are you?
01:25:44 Oh, I suppose not.
01:25:47 You leave it to me, we'll do all right.
01:25:50 Apparently, I'll have to.
01:25:53 I don't seem to have any other choice.
01:25:57 Don't you want your drink?
01:25:59 I don't think so.
01:26:01 I'll put some more ice in it.
01:26:10 I suppose I could say
01:26:18 Well, here we go.
01:26:20 Do you really want me to drink this?
01:26:23 Why not?
01:26:24 It's all settled, isn't it?
01:26:28 What do you mean?
01:26:32 I've got mine.
01:26:37 Go ahead. What's the matter?
01:26:39 Nothing.
01:26:42 Drink it.
01:26:50 Drink it.
01:26:52 What do you take me for, some kid?
01:26:55 And all this time
01:26:57 trying to get you out of this jam.
01:26:59 I've got a good mind to break your neck.
01:27:01 You're crazy.
01:27:03 No, then why wouldn't you drink it?
01:27:17 Now, let's have the rest of it.
01:27:19 There isn't anymore.
01:27:21 Get the rest of that dough and get it quick.
01:27:25 Come on.
01:27:41 Not under the mattress.
01:27:54 You amateurs.
01:27:59 What else you got here?
01:28:07 How could you lie to Pappy like that?
01:28:10 How did you think
01:28:13 Will you go now?
01:28:15 Will you go?
01:28:17 But first, because you've been
01:28:20 I'm going to give you
01:28:23 I'm going to let you dig up
01:28:26 Another five grand by tomorrow night.
01:28:30 How do you like that?
01:28:31 It's no use.
01:28:33 I can't do it.
01:28:35 I think you can.
01:28:36 You try anyway.
01:28:38 And I'll be around again tomorrow night,
01:28:44 So long.
01:29:22 Professor?
01:29:26 He's gone.
01:29:28 Gone? How?
01:29:41 I see.
01:29:43 Yes.
01:29:47 I don't know, I'm not sure.
01:29:50 I haven't much more collateral.
01:29:54 I'm sorry.
01:29:58 But I don't know
01:30:01 I was so scared.
01:30:04 I'm sure you did all you could.
01:30:07 We're just not very skillful
01:30:13 What can we do now?
01:30:15 I don't know, I haven't any idea.
01:30:20 I'm afraid I'm too tired
01:30:27 Too tired.
01:32:06 (GUN FIRING)...
01:32:24 ...(SIREN WAILING)...
01:32:31 Who's that?
01:32:35 Did you get him?
01:32:37 Looks like it.
01:32:49 Is that him?
01:32:51 Some fellow saw him in
01:32:53 and I was patrolling along in the car
01:32:56 So I called him to halt,
01:32:59 Let's take a look.
01:33:29 He's our man, all right.
01:33:33 Did he come out of one of these houses?
01:33:36 If he did, I didn't see him.
01:33:39 ...(WHISTLES)
01:33:41 He's done a lot for himself, huh?
01:33:46 What I can't figure
01:33:54 He just didn't like the idea of burning,
01:33:58 Mazard's.
01:34:04 That's very funny.
01:34:06 I was beginning to get
01:34:09 All right folks, break it up. Break it up.
01:34:12 It's all over, break it up.
01:34:47 (RINGING)
01:35:04 Operator, is Morning Side 5354
01:35:08 I've been ringing it.
01:35:10 Will you try it, please? Will you?
01:35:14 (RINGING)
01:36:14 It's 10:30, Professor Wanley.
01:36:21 It's 10:30, sir.
01:36:33 Oh, yes. Yes, thank you.
01:36:39 I fell asleep.
01:36:43 Oh, yes, quite.
01:36:46 Good night, Collins.
01:36:57 My hat, please.
01:37:15 Here you are, sir.
01:37:17 Charlie?
01:37:25 I can't tell you how happy I am
01:37:31 Oh, thank you, Professor.
01:37:47 Taxi, Professor?
01:37:57 No, thanks.
01:38:02 Good night, Ted.
01:38:38 Pardon me, will you give me a light?
01:38:43 No.
01:38:45 Oh, no. Thank you, indeed.
01:38:50 Not for a million dollars.