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00:02 Johnny Martin lived in New Orleans.
00:04 He worked for the Customs Service.
00:07 He came right to the point.
00:09 A ruby was smuggled out of Hong Kong by a man called Harry Chung.
00:12 When Chung arrived in Honolulu, the ruby had vanished.
00:15 Two days ago, a man called Creone was found dead in the back of his little grocery store in New Orleans.
00:20 The police thought it was food poisoning because of an empty can on the table.
00:23 It had contained a lower fine Hawaiian foods.
00:27 The autopsy revealed no food poison.
00:29 I asked where Creone had obtained the aloha foods.
00:32 The Golden Import Company, they have an exclusive deal for all of the aloha product.
00:37 We took a sample can out of every crate in the warehouse.
00:40 We found nothing.
00:42 Behind some books in Creone's apartment, the police found $50,000 worth of opium
00:48 and Harry Chung's ruby.
00:53 So anyhow, when you're in Honolulu, I wish you'd think about it.
00:57 I have an idea that's where the answer is.
00:59 You're just crazy enough to find it.
01:01 Yeah, I'm just crazy enough to look for it.
01:03 [Chuckles]
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01:27 Three days later, I was in Honolulu.
01:30 I wasn't happy.
01:31 I'd thought about Johnny Martin's problem and about aloha foods.
01:36 I couldn't forget a ruby that had been smuggled into the United States.
01:41 There's one thing about it.
01:43 If you've led my kind of life, you're never entirely a stranger anywhere.
01:48 I found an old friend in a very odd corner, indeed, a side street off the main drag.
01:53 His name was Wong.
01:55 He was having a cup of tea in the back of his shop.
01:57 It's been a long time, Mike.
01:59 - Some tea? - Thanks.
02:01 Now, what is it you would like to have me do this time?
02:06 Do you happen to know a man named Harry Chung?
02:11 Why?
02:12 Somebody told me if I wanted to pick up some good stones at a fair price, he might help me.
02:17 Harry Chung?
02:19 I believe that was his name.
02:21 Yes, I've heard of him.
02:22 Where can I find him?
02:24 It's hard to say.
02:29 Look, this is important to me.
02:31 It's much easier to send word that you want him.
02:35 Oh, he'll find me, huh?
02:38 Much easier for Chung to find you, Mike.
02:41 Yeah.
02:44 I was sure Wong would deliver my message in time Harry Chung would find me.
02:52 Next, I learned about a gambling house,
02:54 the fanciest, most exclusive layout in the islands.
02:58 A mink and velvet sucker trap called the Coral Seas.
03:02 It opened after 10 p.m.
03:05 A friend told me I would find the owner of the Aloha Fine Hawaiian Foods gambling.
03:09 His name was Raymond Varney.
03:12 That night about 11 o'clock, I found Mr. Varney without any trouble.
03:16 I hadn't been looking for his wife, but I found her too.
03:21 You're lucky tonight.
03:23 Huh?
03:25 Maybe I'm gonna like it here.
03:28 I'm Michael Lanyard.
03:29 I'm Susan Varney. This is my husband, Raymond.
03:32 Oh, you gamble very well, Mr. Lanyard.
03:36 In a way, gambling is part of my business.
03:39 I think he's nice, Raymond.
03:41 Won't you ask Mr. Lanyard to join us?
03:44 Will you join us, Mr. Lanyard?
03:47 I'd like to.
03:48 The man in the checkered dinner jacket seemed very interested in listening to our conversation.
03:53 I wondered why. I wondered who he was.
03:56 I found out nothing I hadn't known already.
03:58 Varney was the owner and operator of Aloha Fine Hawaiian Foods.
04:03 It was a small canning company.
04:05 Well, if you're interested, I'd be happy to show you through the plan tomorrow.
04:08 Or any time. As a matter of fact, I'll take you up on that. I've always...
04:12 I've been looking for you.
04:15 Let's dance.
04:17 Well, pull up a chair, Phil. Sit down.
04:19 Later.
04:21 Come on, Susan.
04:23 I've... I've known Phil a long time.
04:31 Phil? Phil Ravina.
04:33 People often don't understand him.
04:35 Well, that's odd.
04:37 I would say he was easy to understand.
04:40 What does he do?
04:43 Well, he used to own some kind of experimental laboratory.
04:48 He doesn't seem like a scientist.
04:52 Oh, you're back so soon.
04:55 Your name, Lanyard?
04:59 Yes.
05:01 Have a cigar.
05:06 No, thank you.
05:08 What's the matter with it?
05:11 Nothing.
05:13 What do you do, Lanyard?
05:15 Do you care?
05:16 I don't.
05:19 Just visiting the islands?
05:21 Just visiting.
05:22 Are you going to be here long?
05:24 That depends.
05:25 Depends on what?
05:26 On what trouble I get into.
05:28 If you're looking for trouble, you can usually find it, you know.
05:31 I don't look for trouble.
05:33 It always seems to find me.
05:35 I'll tell you one thing.
05:37 I can usually spot it coming.
05:39 I'm a long way off.
05:41 Excuse me.
05:43 Thanks.
05:46 It was about 3 a.m. when I got back to my hotel.
05:51 I was ready to call it a night.
05:53 I made a mental note to check on Phil Ravina
05:55 and to check the connections between him and the Varneys.
05:58 But it would have to wait until tomorrow because I was ready for the sack.
06:01 I was dead tired.
06:04 Before he opened his mouth, I knew that Harry Chung had found me.
06:08 So sorry to disturb you.
06:11 I'm Harry Chung.
06:13 I'm sorry to disturb you.
06:20 I'm Harry Chung.
06:22 I'm sorry to disturb you.
06:24 I'm Harry Chung.
06:26 I'm sorry to disturb you.
06:28 I'm Harry Chung.
06:30 I'm Harry Chung.
06:32 I thought the door was locked.
06:46 It was.
06:48 Pretty late, isn't it?
06:49 It's always pretty late.
06:51 Would you like a drink?
06:56 No.
06:58 Thank you.
07:00 So?
07:11 So?
07:13 I suppose Jack Wong told you I wanted to see you.
07:15 If I'd been so happy as to know Jack Wong,
07:19 he might have mentioned your name.
07:21 But you don't know him, huh?
07:25 No.
07:27 I thought we were getting somewhere.
07:29 Do you happen to know a man named Raymond Barney?
07:32 Only the name.
07:36 I think he exports Hawaiian delicacies.
07:40 Do you know a man named Phil Ravina?
07:45 Ravina?
07:48 No.
07:50 This name is not in my memory.
07:52 Is there a reason why you ask?
07:55 No, it's not important.
07:57 Just some people I met tonight.
07:59 Oh, yes.
08:01 Mr. Chung,
08:05 let me ask you a hypothetical question.
08:08 Hypothetical question?
08:10 Oh, yes.
08:13 If this
08:15 and if this,
08:17 what if?
08:19 Ask.
08:21 Suppose you had a fortune in jewels or gold or something else,
08:26 say in Macau or Hong Kong,
08:29 and you wanted to bring it to Honolulu or Hilo,
08:32 what would you do?
08:34 I would declare the objects and pay the duty.
08:38 I suppose you didn't want to do that.
08:41 This raises a rather peculiar problem.
08:45 Do you have a map of the islands?
08:49 Yes, I think so.
08:51 Here.
08:59 You know, in Honolulu, it is possible for a stranger to think
09:05 that the old ways and customs are gone.
09:08 This is wrong.
09:10 Here and here
09:14 and here
09:16 and here
09:18 and here.
09:20 There's no harbor for big ship,
09:23 no tourist,
09:25 or very few.
09:27 The natives live same as for thousand years.
09:31 I understand.
09:33 Around these islands,
09:36 coral reefs,
09:38 very dangerous even to small ship.
09:41 But the natives manage very well
09:44 with outrigger canoe.
09:47 No sail, no light,
09:50 no motor.
09:52 At night, impossible to see.
09:55 I'm following you. Go ahead.
09:57 Now here come the big freighters
10:00 from Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai,
10:04 India, everywhere.
10:07 So?
10:09 So in the middle of the night, something is dropped from the deck of a ship.
10:13 Perhaps it's attached to a marker or a buoy.
10:16 Eventually this something finds its way to Honolulu.
10:20 Quite simple.
10:22 Of course, this scheme would only work if
10:26 you knew the natives and have been raised with them as I was.
10:31 Of course, this is only if this
10:36 and if that.
10:38 What was the word?
10:41 Hypothetical.
10:43 Of course, you ask a hypothetical question,
10:49 you get a hypothetical answer.
10:52 I'm sorry, Mr. Lanyard, but I...
11:08 What's wrong?
11:10 Oh, I'm sorry.
11:11 That's all right. Mr. Chung was just leaving.
11:14 Good night all.
11:20 Good night.
11:21 Now tell me about it.
11:28 I had to come because...
11:30 because...
11:38 She was breathing naturally.
11:41 She would come too in another few minutes.
11:44 I wasn't sure why Susan Varney had decided to visit me,
11:47 but no doubt she'd have a very good reason.
11:50 I want to speak to a Mr. Raymond Varney.
11:55 That's V-A-R-N-E-Y.
11:58 No, I don't know the address.
12:00 Call me when you get him.
12:06 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
12:09 Feel better?
12:11 Can I get you something?
12:12 No, nothing. I'm quite all right, really.
12:14 Good.
12:15 Do you mind if I ask a few questions?
12:17 No.
12:18 And why the phony fainting spell?
12:21 It was the only thing I could think of at the moment.
12:25 I don't get it.
12:27 We'll see about that.
12:29 I'm sure you'll understand.
12:31 I'm sure you'll understand.
12:33 I don't get it.
12:35 We're seeing that man here.
12:37 Mr. Chung, you mean?
12:38 I'd seen him before by accident with Phil Ravina.
12:42 What of it?
12:44 You see, when I came here, I was running away from Phil.
12:48 Oh.
12:50 Yeah?
12:59 One moment, please.
13:02 Hello? Hello?
13:04 I'm sorry, sir, your number does not answer.
13:08 Shall I keep trying?
13:10 No. Cancel the call.
13:14 Yes, sir.
13:16 I thought a little breath of fresh air might do me good.
13:25 Oh.
13:27 What was this about Ravina?
13:30 Frightens me. I think he's dangerous.
13:32 Have you told your husband?
13:35 I tried to tell him, but he thinks it's all a joke.
13:38 Right after you left,
13:40 Phil told my husband that you've been asking a lot of questions.
13:44 Did he say what questions?
13:47 No.
13:48 He and Raymond went to the bar together. I didn't hear the rest.
13:52 Raymond left immediately. He was upset.
13:55 When Phil came back to the table, I asked him what it was all about.
13:59 I asked him about you.
14:01 He threatened to kill me if I didn't mind my own business.
14:05 What do you want me to do?
14:08 Tell me if my husband's in trouble. Tell me what you know about Phil.
14:12 I can't tell you anything about him.
14:15 I only met Ravina, your husband, and you a few hours ago.
14:20 I've got to get away, I'm afraid.
14:22 You must help me. You must.
14:24 No one could help Susan Barney anymore.
14:27 She was dead.
14:29 Ravina wasn't home.
14:37 I searched his apartment carefully.
14:40 I found two things.
14:42 Some happy letters from Susan,
14:45 and a flashlight.
14:47 Not exactly a common flashlight,
14:50 but a flashlight that could be used to kill her.
14:53 I'd seen one like it while I was in the army.
14:56 Now I knew how merchandise was smuggled from Honolulu into the United States.
15:01 Then I heard Ravina. I was anxious to see him.
15:07 No, Jane! No, Jane!
15:18 Jane!
15:20 Well, now that that's settled, let's talk, huh?
15:27 What do you want?
15:30 Susan told me you thought I was asking too many questions.
15:32 That's a lie!
15:34 Besides, she's dead.
15:37 Is that why you killed her?
15:40 Crazy lanyard. I didn't kill her.
15:43 The police say you did.
15:46 That's only for a little while longer.
15:48 I don't know what you're talking about.
15:50 If you didn't kill her,
15:56 and tell me who did,
15:58 I'd like to know.
16:00 So would the police.
16:04 But I suggest you don't call them.
16:10 You see, I know about you and Chung.
16:13 Nice to see you again, Mr. Ravina.
16:16 The next person on my list was Raymond Varney.
16:23 His address was easy to find.
16:25 And Varney, in spite of what he'd been through, was easy to talk to.
16:29 So all the time I was trying to reach you by telephone,
16:31 you were out looking for your wife, huh?
16:33 The police have asked that question a hundred times.
16:37 I could ask you another question.
16:41 Did you find her?
16:43 Mr. Lanyard, I loved my wife.
16:46 Why would I kill her?
16:48 Why would Phil Ravina want to kill her?
16:50 Phil?
16:51 Oh, no.
16:53 Oh, wait.
16:58 Susan was afraid of Phil.
17:00 She told me so many times, but I never paid any attention to her.
17:04 How long have you known Ravina?
17:07 About eight years. When I first arrived.
17:09 He's always been a very good friend.
17:11 In fact, he's my silent partner.
17:13 How's that?
17:14 Well, I wanted to expand my business.
17:16 That was about two years ago.
17:18 But I didn't have the cash.
17:19 Phil gave it to me, so I gave him an interest.
17:22 Was he a lot of money?
17:24 I don't really know.
17:26 He always seemed to have enough.
17:28 He invested much more in a photographic process.
17:31 He was hoping he could license for stage effects and advertising displays.
17:36 Then he suddenly lost interest in it.
17:38 When I needed help, he gave it.
17:40 Since then, he's been reasonably active in my business.
17:43 Have you ever heard of a man called Chung?
17:49 Once.
17:52 Some time ago. Why?
17:54 Phil spoke of him.
17:56 Something about perhaps doing some business together.
17:59 Anything else?
18:03 No.
18:04 Mr. Langer, tell me.
18:06 Do you believe Phil Ravenna killed Susan?
18:09 What do you think?
18:11 For me, that's a very difficult question.
18:14 Susan and I were very happy.
18:16 There was an age difference, it didn't matter.
18:19 Our tastes were alike.
18:20 But I can't somehow forget her fears about Phil.
18:24 Well, if you give me a little time, maybe I can get you all the answers.
18:28 By rights, I should telephone the police and tell them you're here.
18:33 But I...
18:34 I do want to know who killed Susan.
18:36 Thanks.
18:38 I telephoned Johnny Martin and told him to come fast.
18:45 He was due in on the 10 o'clock plane.
18:47 It was on time.
18:48 He was going to be surprised at how simple it was to smuggle any small item into any country.
18:52 And I was going to find Susan Varney's murderer.
18:55 Hello, Johnny.
18:56 Michael.
18:57 Welcome to the island.
18:58 Thank you.
18:59 You got it all wrapped up, huh?
19:01 I hope you're right.
19:02 You got the empty can?
19:03 It's in the bag.
19:04 Good. Wait a minute.
19:05 I have to make a couple of phone calls.
19:06 Set the stage.
19:08 First I called Raymond Varney.
19:22 I told him to meet me at his warehouse in about half an hour.
19:26 He didn't say much.
19:27 He just agreed to be there.
19:30 Next I telephoned Phil Ravina.
19:32 I told him the same thing.
19:34 But I added I wanted him to bring Harry Chung.
19:36 I told him to meet me at the warehouse and to be there in half an hour.
19:39 He said he'd show.
19:40 With Chung.
19:41 Right.
19:42 That'll be good.
19:45 I'll be back in a minute.
19:46 I'll be back in a minute.
19:47 I'll be back in a minute.
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19:55 I'll be back in a minute.
19:56 I'll be back in a minute.
19:57 I'll be back in a minute.
19:58 That'll be good.
19:59 I think it will be.
20:00 At least it'll be interesting.
20:02 Let's go.
20:03 Gentlemen.
20:10 This is Johnny Martin of U.S. Customs.
20:13 Mr. Martin has wondered how a certain ruby was smuggled into the United States.
20:18 Mr. Chung explained to me how it might reach Honolulu.
20:21 Let me show you how it went from there.
20:26 This is not a flashlight.
20:28 It, however, makes a light, but one that you can't see.
20:31 The black quartz lens cuts all visible light rays and transmits only ultraviolet.
20:35 It works only in the dark.
20:37 Let me show you.
20:39 Suppose this is a warehouse in the United States.
20:46 A man knows that one can in a certain marked case contains a fortune.
20:51 How is he able to find it?
20:55 Give me the empty can, Johnny.
20:57 Any agent receiving a shipment containing smuggled merchandise
21:05 had a very simple way of knowing which can contained the fortune.
21:09 Mr. Varney never knew,
21:12 because the rest of his Hawaiian foods were simply distributed.
21:16 I must say, Ravina, you figured out a very ingenious plan.
21:23 Never told me you...
21:25 Did Susan know?
21:27 Is that why she was always with you?
21:29 Or is that why you killed her?
21:31 Shut up, you fool!
21:32 Mr. Varney killed her.
21:34 I saw him.
21:36 You think I didn't know about you two?
21:38 I've hated ever falling in love with you.
21:41 Yes, I killed her!
21:43 Drop that camera, Ravina.
21:46 Lights, Johnny!
21:48 - You all right, Mike? - Yeah.
21:53 Say, Mike, did you have this all figured out,
21:56 or was it just a happy accident?
21:58 It was easy, once I found the flashlight.
22:00 Ravina and Chung were enjoying a fine little business.
22:03 It might have gone on for years if it hadn't been for Varney's wife.
22:06 Yeah, I guess so.
22:08 It cost the country a lot less if Ravina had been a better shot.
22:11 Yeah.
22:12 I don't know about you, Johnny, but I've learned one thing.
22:15 The next time I set a stage, there's gonna be better light.
22:21 Oh, it's not bad. It's not bad at all.
22:24 Oh, it's not bad. It's not bad at all.
22:26 It's not bad at all.
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