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00:46 We have orders, Lanyon, to pick you up.
00:49 I had very special plans for that night.
00:52 But when government men pay an evening visit, you don't ask questions.
00:55 You just go.
00:57 I don't know. I paid my income tax. I hadn't padded my expenses.
01:00 And the only mail I'd read was my own.
01:03 The big man didn't send for you unless it was important.
01:08 Remember that bank robbery in Boston?
01:10 The take was almost two million dollars?
01:12 Well, not a cent of that money has ever turned up.
01:14 Where is it?
01:16 Where are the half million dollars worth of diamonds that disappeared in Mexico City?
01:20 How did the men who pulled off that job in Vancouver get away without a trace?
01:24 We know, or we can guess, who most of them are.
01:27 But where's the loot? Where are they?
01:30 Did you expect me to have the answer?
01:32 Do you?
01:34 No.
01:36 It's a very strange problem, Lanyon.
01:38 I've never heard of anything like it.
01:40 Why did you send for me?
01:42 All we know is that the top criminals are disappearing.
01:45 It's our job to keep track of them.
01:47 But they vanish, and we ask ourselves, what are they doing?
01:50 What are they planning to do? Where have they gone?
01:53 Why did you send for me?
01:55 You aren't quite a stranger to them, are you?
01:58 We've got an agent in New York named Jack Anson.
02:01 He knows how to get in touch with you, and I've told him to report if he has anything to report.
02:05 A man's life just isn't his own these days.
02:08 Jack Anson, huh?
02:11 I admit it sounds very interesting.
02:13 Okay, I'll play along.
02:16 [Music]
02:32 [Phone rings]
02:36 Hello?
02:38 Michael Lanyard?
02:39 Yeah.
02:40 This is Jack Anson. Don't ask any questions.
02:42 There's a drugstore at 21st Street and 6th Avenue, Lanyon.
02:45 I am putting something underneath the phone box.
02:50 Take it to the blue lantern in the village, and be careful.
02:57 Anson?
03:00 Anson?
03:01 Anson?
03:06 When I got there, Jack Anson had already been taken to the morgue.
03:09 I found the key that Anson had left.
03:12 It looked like any ordinary key.
03:14 Except on one side it had the initial CML, and on the other, "Good for one dance, Blue Lantern, New York."
03:20 The Blue Lantern Cafe wasn't hard to find, nor was it anything very special.
03:26 I took a deep breath and said to the bartender, "I'm alone. I shouldn't be. Help with this."
03:37 I knew this very innocent-looking key had killed at least one man.
03:41 I wanted to know the answer.
03:52 Hi. I'm Amy Lou. Don't you remember me? New Orleans?
03:57 Why, of course. Amy Lou. New Orleans. How could I forget?
04:05 How are you, Amy Lou?
04:07 Kind of cozy in here, isn't it? Come here often?
04:11 No, I just arrived in town.
04:14 Yeah? Well, listen. Did you hear what happened to Maisie?
04:19 You remember Maisie, don't you? That girl with the black hair. Died, of course.
04:24 Had sort of a mole right here. Sort of a scar on her back, way low down.
04:30 You remember Maisie.
04:32 Oh, sure. Maisie. So?
04:36 So, wait till I tell you.
04:38 Hiya, baby.
04:39 Lou. Lou, this is...
04:41 Michael Lanyard.
04:43 I would have thought of it in a second.
04:45 Lou Zipata.
04:47 Hiya.
04:48 Mike's from New Orleans, Lou. We were just talking about Maisie.
04:52 You remember Maisie, Lou?
04:54 Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure. Maisie.
04:57 How do you like the joint, Lanyard?
04:59 Oh, it's nice, quiet and respectable. Strictly a joint.
05:04 Lanyard, you're really a funny guy. How long do you stay in New Orleans?
05:09 Hmm? A while.
05:12 That's a funny one, too. What kind of a while? A day? A week?
05:18 It's hard to keep track of time, even with an alarm clock.
05:23 You know something? You're a character.
05:26 Is that bad?
05:27 What made you come here all the way from New Orleans instead of going somewhere else?
05:32 A little matter of an unfinished business.
05:35 Unfinished business?
05:37 Listen to him, baby. This guy's good for a laugh a minute.
05:41 Oh, hello, Mr. Calvin.
05:43 Hello.
05:45 I hope you'll forgive the intrusion, but I had a feeling I'd seen you somewhere.
05:50 Possibly. I've been somewhere.
05:54 Do you own this place, Mr. Calvin?
05:57 Own it? No, I've only been here once or twice in my life.
06:00 And now I'd better be going.
06:03 Lou, Amy Lou.
06:06 Lanyard, good night.
06:09 What's the matter, honey? You look worried. Worried about something?
06:16 No. I was just wondering how he knew my name.
06:20 Oh, I see. You didn't know Mr. Calvin was deaf, did you?
06:25 So Mr. Calvin's deaf. Does that explain how he knew my name?
06:30 He reads lips. Didn't you see him watch us when he was sitting over there?
06:35 Sure. It's strange, though.
06:38 What's strange, honey?
06:40 Why does Mr. Calvin come to a place like this when he can't hear the music?
06:45 Or maybe it sounds better when you can't hear it.
06:48 You see, this guy's routine is strictly terrific.
06:51 Let's get out of here and go to your place.
06:54 Let's go, honey.
06:57 I want to stay a while. I like it here.
07:00 Come on, pal. We'll like it better on the outside.
07:04 Let's go.
07:07 I guess it wouldn't be polite to refuse, would it, huh?
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07:26 Okay, Lanyon, hold it.
07:29 Come on, baby. Fetch them.
07:39 He's clean, Lou. No gun, not even a knife.
07:42 Can you imagine? He is a character.
07:45 Take your coat off.
07:47 For what reason?
07:48 When I think of one, I'll let you know.
07:50 And don't try anything ridiculous.
07:53 Hey, baby, how do you like that ridiculous?
07:56 Maybe I'm a character, too.
07:58 Go on.
08:00 Put a lady present.
08:02 Don't mind me, honey.
08:03 And let's not think about throwing that coat at me.
08:06 Just drop it on the floor.
08:09 Men, they're such slobs.
08:13 Now what?
08:14 Now go on over there and put your hands on the table.
08:18 You never should have said that you knew that gal in New Orleans, honey,
08:21 'cause I never even heard of her myself.
08:24 You're right, Lou. He is a character.
08:27 Even gave his right name.
08:28 Shut up, baby. We're gonna get some answers out of this guy.
08:31 Answers, Lou?
08:33 All you need do is ask.
08:35 Okay, who are you working for?
08:37 Nobody.
08:38 Who sent you to the Blue Lantern?
08:41 Nobody.
08:42 Where'd you get the copper key?
08:46 I don't remember.
08:48 Where'd you get the copper key?
08:51 You know something, Lou?
08:53 I don't think we're ever really gonna be friends.
08:55 I gotta catch a plane tonight, and I can't waste any more time.
08:58 Tie his hands, baby.
08:59 What are you waiting for, Lou?
09:01 Why don't you get rid of him now?
09:02 Shut up and do as I tell you.
09:13 Amy, Lou, you should never have reached for that gun.
09:27 That's for a guy I never knew, Jack Anson.
09:33 When I picked up Lou Zapata's gun, I found another copper key attached to it,
09:37 just like the one Jack Anson paid for with his life.
09:40 But the other side was different.
09:42 Instead of New York, Lou's was stamped New Orleans.
09:53 The Blue Lantern was a little quieter and a little darker than the one in New York.
09:58 And it was a different girl.
10:03 Where was it we met before?
10:05 Mexico City, San Francisco?
10:08 You remember Conchita, don't you?
10:10 Darling, what did you say your name was?
10:12 Lillian.
10:13 Oh, Lillian.
10:14 I never saw you before.
10:15 I never heard of a girl called Conchita,
10:17 though I admit she sounds interesting.
10:20 I could be wrong.
10:22 Do you want to dance?
10:23 It's been too long.
10:24 I don't think I could.
10:25 But I've got something here that says I'm entitled to a dance.
10:31 Okay, follow me.
10:33 It looked like I'd given the right answers.
10:54 Mr. Smith is busy at the moment.
10:57 Oh, wait.
10:58 Won't you sit here, please?
11:00 Thanks.
11:01 It'll speed things up a little if I ask you a few questions while we're waiting.
11:05 You don't mind?
11:07 Not at all.
11:09 Your name?
11:11 Alexander Hamilton.
11:15 Alexander Hamilton.
11:17 Such a nice name.
11:19 I'm glad you like it.
11:21 Now, port of entry?
11:23 New York?
11:25 New Orleans, San Francisco?
11:28 Detroit?
11:30 I'd rather not say.
11:32 Good.
11:33 Port of entry?
11:35 Unspecified.
11:37 But this is a foreign case, isn't it?
11:39 I mean, it isn't an internal affair.
11:42 Oh, no, it's not an internal affair.
11:51 Does every man tell you how beautiful you look, Miss...
11:54 Hamilton.
11:56 Alexandra Hamilton.
11:58 Oh, yes.
12:00 Men tell me how beautiful I am until sometimes I get quite sick in my stomach.
12:05 Does that answer your question?
12:07 Miss Hamilton, I love you.
12:08 I love you, too, Mr. Hamilton.
12:13 Can you give me an estimate of the length of time you intend to spend at Copper Mountain?
12:18 Copper Mountain?
12:20 Oh, the length of time.
12:22 Well, it's hard to say, you see.
12:23 Time is relative.
12:24 Time is very, very relative.
12:26 Yes, yes.
12:27 Accommodations at Copper Mountain Lodge are limited.
12:30 Even for the biggest men, we've simply got to know how long we intend to stay.
12:34 [doorbell buzzes]
12:36 Yes?
12:37 I'm in here.
12:38 I'll be right in.
12:50 So that's what the letter C-N-L meant.
12:53 Copper Mountain Lodge.
12:55 I was listening to the dialogue.
12:58 [gunshots]
13:24 [music]
13:42 In Reno, I hired a car and drove 40 miles on a lonely road.
13:46 Twisting through the mountains like a tangled string.
13:49 If you had something to hide, where could you find a better place?
13:52 The mountain is honeycombed with abandoned mine tunnels.
13:57 Copper Mountain Lodge was at the top.
13:59 [music]
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14:46 I want a room and a bath.
14:47 Sorry, sir.
14:48 I'm afraid I don't have a thing.
14:49 Oh?
14:51 Then I've come a long way for nothing.
14:54 Here, you can have this.
14:56 That's all it means.
14:57 I don't need it.
14:58 Oh.
14:59 Why didn't you say so in the first place, instead of all of this yackety-yack?
15:02 Did you leave the keys in the car?
15:04 Yeah.
15:05 Got any luggage?
15:06 No.
15:07 Oh, that's all right.
15:08 We can take care of you.
15:09 Anything you need.
15:10 Right now, I'm going to frisk you, so just stand still and take it easy.
15:12 Okay?
15:13 Okay.
15:16 138 Automatic.
15:18 We'll keep this in the vault until you're ready to leave.
15:21 Rules of the house.
15:22 Makes everybody happier that way.
15:24 You can call me Fred.
15:26 You got a name you like?
15:27 Got one you like.
15:29 Okay, Jones, the place is yours.
15:31 What do you want?
15:32 We can have a drink, dip in the pool.
15:34 It's heated.
15:36 Wait a minute.
15:37 You just took my gun away.
15:40 But that bulge under your coat means anything, your carrying one.
15:43 Why, sure.
15:44 Just like the rest of the boys that work around here.
15:47 You'll get used to it.
15:48 Everybody does.
15:49 I see.
15:55 Got a phone I can use?
15:56 There.
15:57 The first thing you want is something we haven't got.
15:59 Maybe there's one nearby, huh?
16:00 There's nothing nearby, Jones.
16:01 Nothing, including a phone.
16:03 And if there was, you couldn't use it.
16:05 Oh.
16:06 Once you're in, you're in.
16:07 No one's allowed to leave this lodge without Mr. Calvin's permission.
16:10 And Mr. Calvin isn't here right now.
16:12 He's due back sometime tonight.
16:14 Your room will be ready in a half hour.
16:17 Okay.
16:18 Make yourself at home.
16:19 I will.
16:20 I'll just walk around.
16:22 The clerk had said, "Mr. Calvin," and that name rang a bell.
16:26 We had met in the Blue Lantern in New York.
16:29 I still ached from it.
16:31 I knew only one thing.
16:32 I wanted to see him, but I didn't want him to see me.
16:35 Copper Mountain Lodge wasn't just a hideout.
16:37 It was a concentration point, a meeting place for the world's top criminals.
16:41 A place where, for the first time in history,
16:43 they could get together and organize rackets on a wholesale basis.
16:47 And, of course, the simple copper key was the passport.
16:51 I had carefully covered every inch of the lodge and grounds for another way out
16:55 because I had a hunch that later I wouldn't get a second chance.
16:58 Copper Mountain, they provided everything for your pleasure.
17:01 I found myself sitting down the bar from a girl
17:03 who, with great moderation, could be described as a beauty.
17:06 I had been told she was a special friend of Mr. Calvin's.
17:10 She was trying to be friendly to me.
17:13 I made it easier for her.
17:15 You mind if I join you?
17:17 No.
17:18 How about a table?
17:22 Okay.
17:23 How long are you going to be here?
17:31 I don't know.
17:33 Would it make any difference to you?
17:36 It might.
17:37 They tell me you're Calvin's girl.
17:44 Do you always believe the things you're told?
17:47 Not always.
17:50 Where do you come from?
17:53 Why are you here?
17:55 Oh, I know I shouldn't ask.
17:59 You're right.
18:01 I don't know why, but you interest me.
18:05 You're like the man that operates this place.
18:07 I hope that's a compliment.
18:10 Why do we talk about Calvin?
18:12 Do you know Mr. Calvin?
18:13 No, I've heard of him.
18:15 If you knew him, you'd understand.
18:18 I don't care who you are or how hard you try.
18:24 You can't break his rules.
18:26 Anything can be changed.
18:29 Even life is uncertain.
18:31 You're poking fun at me.
18:33 Oh, but I wasn't.
18:35 I just thought we might break a couple of rules.
18:40 Do you know a girl named Amy Lou?
18:43 Amy Lou?
18:45 Is she better looking than I am?
18:48 Tell me the truth.
18:50 I don't know who you're talking about,
18:53 but I'm certain you're better looking.
18:56 What are you doing?
19:04 Sometimes I take this when I wake up in the middle of the night.
19:07 You're a character.
19:09 I've heard that before.
19:11 There's Mr. Calvin. I think he's looking for me.
19:15 He's deaf. Poor thing.
19:17 I'd wave at him, but it makes him self-conscious.
19:20 Pardon me. I'll be back in a moment.
19:23 [♪♪♪]
19:26 Who's that you're talking to?
19:51 I don't know.
19:53 He's new, isn't he?
19:55 I had prepared for Mr. Calvin.
20:03 A little sugar in the gasoline tank
20:05 and the best motor in the world becomes just a useless hunk of metal.
20:09 I hadn't been able to find another way out,
20:11 so if there was more than one way, Calvin was going to show me.
20:14 Even in the dark, I couldn't miss that white suit.
20:18 [clanking]
20:20 [electricity crackling]
20:29 It isn't a radio.
20:33 What do we do? Find out what's happened.
20:35 It's too dark for me to read your lips. Find Fred.
20:37 Fred! Fred! Fred!
20:39 I'm right here, Mr. Calvin. I just sent someone down to the engine room.
20:42 I don't like it. Get me out of here and stop talking out of what you're saying.
20:45 - I'll leave you to wait here. - I'm frightened.
20:47 Take it easy, everybody. We'll have the lights on in a moment.
20:49 The tunnel.
20:51 Turn the flashlight on, Fred.
21:10 I'll follow you. Go ahead.
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21:32 This is as far as we go.
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22:00 You didn't fool me, Lanyard.
22:12 Not when some of that light bounced off the walls onto your face.
22:15 Nevertheless, I want to thank you for getting me here.
22:18 Only Fred and I know about this tunnel.
22:21 You'll find your bones here a thousand years from now.
22:24 [crash]
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22:48 After it was over, I called the local police.
22:59 They took care of the rest.
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